Vol. 2, No. 4: Malice at the Ice Palace
- Rucker Park Durant Josh Lefkowitz
- Driving Directions Natalie Schriefer
- Your Favorite Prospect Is Just Okay Jacob Ginsberg
- Sweet 16 Michael Rogner
- Sacrifice Dan Misdea
- The Official Punk Band of the Detroit Tigers …. Evan Fleischer
- A Former High School Basketball Player Scouts Themselves Christine Salek
- An Elegy for Bob Sura's Third Straight Triple Double Darren C. Demaree
- Go To the Body, Then to the Head Erin Hill
- Icing Sal Caradonna
- 3 Poems Mike Andrelczyk
- 2 Poems Matthew Johnson
- Year 2097 Teddy Griffith
- Seeing Oliver Again Madeline Graham
- Half Court Shot Bob Eckstein
- 3 Poems Bob King
- Winning Changes Everything Kate Beall
- Chariots of Fire: Two Running Poems Andrea Krause
- A Paper Bag, Please Steve Gergley
- Lincoln Ball Tyson Cole
- Garbage Time Vinay Krishnan
- “Good God, Almighty” in refrain Aaron Tyler Hand
- At Oracle Park, Watching The Giants Lose Again Eliot Li
- Chicago Love Couplet Julián Martinez
Chicago Love CoupletJulián Martinez
– in the style of Serengeti’s “Dennehy”
Bulls game — our work gave us two seats in the club level.
We crushed the Wizards, ate deep dish and split a jumbo pretzel.
Julián Martinez (he/him) is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, IL. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming in hex literary, Prolit, Barrio Panther and elsewhere. His work has received The Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Find him online @martinezfjulian.