Metamorphosis

Change is natural-it's beautiful, it's cathartic, it's necessary. But change is also painful, and ugly, and destructive. It's one of life's only constants. You can either embrace it or struggle against it but it's unlikely you could ever stop it. Inside this anthology we are confronted with many different forms of transformation. Some lift the spirit, some crush the soul, and some show the pathway to the future. It's difficult to capture the essence of a true metamorphosis, but like the chrysalis, this collection contains the "goo of change," so to speak. These 27 Ohio writers have provided touching and ephemeral poems, intelligent and hilarious nonfiction, and fiction that spans from the distant past to the distant future all while being somehow grounded in the present. We hope this collection of stories, poems, and essays manages to take your breath away, break your heart, and even inspire change in your own life-because there's no time like the present to break out of your shell, spread your wings, and embrace your own metamorphosis. Table of Contents Wild Animals By James Siegel Upon The Zinnia Petal By Curtis Deeter The Hidden By Ellen Austin-Li The Sisters By Jamie Galioto Chaoyangia By Dong Isbister A Place For My Brother By Susan Oelbracht Spring Forward By Elizabeth Barrickman Experiments In Living Chemistry By Kelly Ferguson I Am Gilgamesh By John Graham On Seeing My Great Granddaughter In The Womb By Robin Mullet Lump By Devon Ortega Transparent By Heidi Durig Heiby Miracle Of The Mass By Charlene Fix My Patient, My Aunt By Nadia Ibrashi Mystery School By Nadia Ibrashi Negala Clouds By Felicia Cameron The Blown Harp Lesson By Pamela Spence The Rift By Timothy Doyle The Guts That Come With Love By Schyler Butler The Sheriff By George Pallas Unbecoming By Devon Ortega Red: A Fairy Tale By Jim Hodnett The Last Susan By Christina Moore Aubade By Karen Schubert Grandma Teague And Me By Stella Ling At The Crossing By Kathy Nicklaus Eight Billion Wolves By Jeffrey Mckee Fair Flip By Charles O'donnell On The Way To Proximata By Joseph Graves