Get Lit, Round 1: Short Fiction

SHORT FICTION 4 We All Have Needs│Melinda Baker 16 You’ll Never Get Anything Accomplished on an Empty Stomach│Chanel Dubofsky 19 Madame Ordoñez│Jamie Iredell 35 Deep Things│Steven Gillis 41 Long Division│John Abbott 54 Assurance│Nate Liederbach 63 Swimmers│Mike Hampton 82 Zeno’s Shotgun Paradox│Andrew Farkas 88 Rosie’s Funeral│Aaron Jacobs 97 Open Every Womb│Michael Hartford 108 Half a World Away│Darragh McManus 113 The Mermaid Eaters│Brandon Wells 134 Deep Blue Sea│Christopher Bundy 142 The Most Natural Thing in the World│Shya Scanlon 153 Fantasm│J.A. Pak 168 Domestic Ties│David S. Atkinson 181 A Simple Task│Michelle Bailat-Jones 187 Understanding Sheep│Paul Lewellan 192 The Last Story│Marcus Speh 196 About the Authors