"Land of Lasts" by Theodore Hill: endlings / what are your three things? / the story is us

"On the Matter of Homo sapiens" by Kel Coleman: orienteering / they made us / we remake them

"Root Words" by Yasmeen Fahmy: metamorphosis / linguistic detectives / mercy, mercy, mercy

"Solitary, Not Alone" by Robert Helfst: blue jays (?) / deep breaths / follow the psychopomp

"[Redacted]" by Spencer Nitkey: erosion / you can’t tell anyone / the thing is me

"Gardenias Under a Temporal Window" by Vijayalaxmi Samal: the past is present / she can fix it / but I’m right here

"Walk With the Angels" by Wren Douglas: homecoming / the blood is the life / song and sacrifice

"This Was the Planet of Sound" by Rex Burrows: singing seas / searching shrieks / expectant hush