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Fiction:

• “The Cat Says” by Andrew Careaga
• “A Bit Like Elvis” by Lotty Talbutt
• “The House of Hope and Mercy” by Chris Cottom
• “Diva” by Denise Bayes
• “Free Spirits” by Neil James
• “The House on the Corner” by Ajay Oatley
• “The Shyest Cat in the Shelter” by Judy Slitt

Creative Nonfiction:

• “How a Soul Leaves” by Jonathan Michael Saucedo
• “The Lovebird Elegy” by Kelly Murashige
• “Last Cats Chosen” by Angela Townsend
• “Eulogy for a Dog” by Aaron Mead

Poetry:

• “She Walks the Milky Way in Her Last Life” by Clarabelle Miray Fields
• “The Price” by Jillian Stacia
• “Bowls” by Loria Harris
• “In This Human House” by Loria Harris
• “A New Place to Occupy” by Wesley Orion
• “My last love, tender and gentle” by Béatrice Denise Chahine
• “Make Every Day Count” by Billie J Daniel
• “In the Hours Before Her Departure” by Lorena Maria
• “I Never Walk Alone” by Jané Dowd
• “my son barks at ghosts” by Sofía Aguilar
• “teething” by Sofía Aguilar
• “Come on Back and See What Happens or The Veterinary Assistant’s Record” by Dylan Tulk
• “Collapsible Travel Steps” by Riley Dishner-Brown
• “And Then Rise and Fall” by Cecilia Combs
• “Shutting Down a Cat House” by Cecilia Combs
• “Into Tomorrow” by Sierra Duke
• “House After Rule” by Avriel Mejrah
• “We Put the Dog Outside When We Have Visitors” by Cassie Lipton
• “Innes” by Tony Dawson
• “Finding the Rainbow” by Arvilla Fee
• “Boots Cat” by Tricia Lloyd Waller
• “I Loved You More” by Jennifer Gawinski Cuming