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  • VOLUME 9:
  • Editor’s Note
  • Poetry
    • pendeja. by Mars Robinson
    • slip slopes by Kat L’Esperance-Stokes
    • Herd-hand’s Ghazal by Julien Griswold
    • winning the lottery by Simon Harms
    • military helicopter by Elijah Neumann
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    • January: A (Beloved) Dirty Coat by Tyler Slade
    • Ramen Noodles by Lily Jenkins
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    • OmegaMart by Jed Graham
    • Getting Crisper Here by Rachel Waterman
    • A Perm in Three Acts by McKenzie Davis
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Introducing RUNESTONE Volume 9:
Do Not Speak To Me of Runaway Bulls

Introducing RUNESTONE
Volume 9:
Do Not Speak To Me of Runaway Bulls

EDITOR’S NOTE  from Halee Kirkwood


POETRY

pendeja. by Mars Robinson
slip slopes by Kat L’Esperance-Stokes
Herd-hand’s Ghazal by Julien Griswold
winning the lottery by Simon Harms
military helicopter by Elijah Neumann


CREATIVE NONFICTION

January: A (Beloved) Dirty Coat by Tyler Slade
Ramen Noodles by Lily Jenkins


FICTION

OmegaMart by Jed Graham
Getting Crisper Here by Rachel Waterman
A Perm in Three Acts by McKenzie Davis


INTERVIEW
with Ari Tison by Halee Kirkwood and A.E. Goodman


BOOK REVIEWS
by Student Editorial Board

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