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Driftwood Press' latest anthology is filled to the brim with our fiction & poetry award winners-and so much more! This stunning anthology contains over 100 pages of fiction, over 60 pages of poetry, and over 40 pages of comics and visual arts. But that's not all! In keeping with Driftwood's focus on writers & craft, this anthology is also filled with dozens of thoughtful, craft-focused interviews that take a dive deep into these amazing pieces of writing and art. Readers looking for some of the greatest contemporary writing and comics need look no further than this anthology. Writers looking to grow their craft will also benefit greatly from our thoughtful and varied interviews. Driftwood's heavy focus on editorial excellence has helped cultivate, nurture, and curate some of the strongest stories being published in the small press ecosystem. Many stories published within Driftwood have gone on to be republished in award-winning collections & anthologies, such as the PEN/Dau Short Story Prize Anthology & Best Small Fictions. This anthology features the work of... Fiction Charlie Watts, Danielle Barr, Phoebe Phelps, Aziza Kasumov, R. Hunter Whitworth, John Kaufmann, & Sakae Manning Poetry Khalisa Rae, Steven Pan, Marina Kraiskaya, Karen Sherk Chio, Russell Zintel, Adia Micah Muhammad, Beth Gordon, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura, C. Henry Smith, Robert Laidler, Stefanie Kirby, Melinda Freudenberger, Geoff Anderson, Katie Dorfman, Staci Halt, Emilee Kinney, Danielle Harms, Mackenzie Polonyi, Joshua C. Gaines, Ben Clark, Audrey Towns, Maranda Greenwood, Kristin Gifford, Sarah Dravec, & Ezra Dan Feldman Visual Arts & Comics Padraig Campbell, Jade Mar, Johnny Damm, & Io Wuerich