Written and Read Nels Challinor

"The Ear is a Vital Organ" originally published in The Future’s So Bright story collection from Water Dragon Publishing in November of 2022.“Keep your eyes moving and your ears open, Sadie once told me, and the world will reveal all its secrets to you.”

Three poems:"Sunny's Weekend""Crazy""Sestina of the Long Road"

"Rat or Pigeon," originally published in The Wells Street Journal Issue 12: Mapping the City in December of 2019.“He’s furious. The full and crippling indignity of his hour-to-hour existence has finally dawned on him.”

"The Midland Railroad Hotel," originally published in The Purple Breakfast Review in June of 2019."Whatever they were, they were together. They were alive and they were together."

"The Mirror," originally published in The Wells Street Journal Issue 11: The Liminal Edition in April of 2019.“My wife tells me that she can never see herself in my work so I say I will make her a mirror.”

Final episode. Back in Bullseye, Mr. H's family adjusts to his absence. The mastermind behind this heist is revealed. Heist at the Bank of the Black Ox is a serialized Western-inspired crime story, told through the voices of twelve characters.