The Quiet Circle Volume 1 Issue 1 | Page 7

CONTENTS
Editor ’ s Note 1
Nonfiction
DANIELLE GRAY – “ Foster ”
3
JANINE MACRIS – “ Fortressing Time ”
14
MEGHAN TRASK SMITH – “ The Culture of Life ”
16
Poetry
ED AHERN – “ The Sparrow Nest ”
23
GINNY LOWE CONNORS – “ William Swinging ”
24
DREW S . COOK – “ A Recovered Drug Addict Recalls A
Long-Absent Acquaintance ”
26
MICHAEL HETTICH – “ Dust ”
27
CANDACE HOWZE – “ Parting in Winter ”
28
LESLIE LEONARD – “ Jane ”
29
LESLIE LEONARD – “ Oak ”
30
EMILY PEIFFER – “ Portrait against Bathroom Tile ”
31
CHARLES RAMMELKAMP – “ Ghost of the Confederacy ”
32
Fiction
MAIA LYNN ANDERSON – “ It All Starts with A Dream ”
33
NANCY GOLD – “ Anamnesis ”
37
DEREK OWENS – “ The Heavens ”
41
Contributor Notes 44