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Allison Adelle HedgeCoke

Poetry

Winter 2010

The Wailing Room

By Allison Adelle HedgeCoke

Always, when it seems just fine, something stirs against living steals those we least expect sometimes murders—comes in fours fully cornered, squared, unnaturally man-made tight. Creeps along skull hunting, especially […]

Nonfiction

Winter 2010

Deep Creek

By Allison Adelle HedgeCoke

No one calls us, but our names tone wind, timbre every crevice below, each canopy above. No matter who left living has forgotten, our deep creek nest forever welcomes with […]