by Timothy Boudreau Robert Anasch Tilden had discovered the announcement while scrolling through his phone during his lunch break: “Guinevere Allen, author of Spider Silk and Wasp Paper, Traverse the Infinite and Orchid, Ovid, Arachnid, will lead her first ever cross-genre workshop. Send a thousand-word sample of your best work and a thousand-word essay detailing why you wish to attend. Up to three successful candidates will receive an in-depth initiation into Guinevere’s uni

by Timothy Boudreau Dmytro Bukhantsov The day the oceans were supposed to overflow the repairman finally arrived to fix Pearl’s roof. When Sandy saw him from next door she went over to join Pearl in her yard. The man was working alone, crouched on the roof with a hammer and shingles. “Nice-looking guy,” Sandy pointed out. “He’s like a Hollywood idea of what a roofer looks like,” Pearl said. Like Sandy she already wore her boots and a bright yellow jacket. “Like they hired a h