Issue 14, Spring 2024

Foreword

from “Cling” by Amber Tacey

Along with written submissions, Issue 14 continues the springtime tradition of showcasing MCC community member entries into the MCC Flash Film Festival, an annual event hosted by the Bullhead City Campus Student Arts Club.

Included in this issue is work from Jordan Baurle, James Exley, Josef Kaelin, Joe Ketchum, Justin D. Ornelaz, Brandon Patterson, Erin Roper, Amber Tacey, and Madz Walker.

Long form pieces from Baurle, Kaelin, and Ornelaz transport readers to different realms and times.

Ketchum, Patterson, Roper, and Walker entertain with distinct perspectives and styles in their short films.

Finally, returning contributors Exley and Tacey bring their poetry and photography.

Contents

Masthead

Fiction

The Prophecy of Next Year by Jordan Baurle

From Wilted to Rose by Josef Kaelin

Death Whistle by Justin D. Ornelaz

Flea by Erin Roper

Film

Turntable by Joe Ketchum

Filming Trash in My Yard to Win Fifty Dollars by Joe Ketchum

Comedy by Brandon Patterson

Meet Gross by Erin Roper

Yard Sale by Madz Walker

Photography

Cling by Amber Tacey

Poetry

Drowning Still by James Exley

Nonet for a VVendigo by James Exley