"Figures in a Surplus"
by Julie Choffel
cover art by Jordan Josafat

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$8 (includes domestic shipping)

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You've just realized yourself and
who you are is floribunda. Some whorl sunk in a glitch.
Beanstalk, hither up, we're giddy. Fortuna, detour, fleur-de-lis.
Figures.

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Julie Choffel lives in Austin, where she explores the Hill Country between working for the University of Texas and St. Edward’s University. She holds degrees in geography and in creative writing from Texas State University and from the Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her poems can be found in places such as Invisible Ear, Caketrain, make/shift, Mrs. Maybe, Bird Dog, and Denver Quarterly.

Jordan Josafat is an exhibiting painter based out of San Diego. In addition to his own paintings, his work includes commissions for album covers and other artwork for local bands. He is the creative director of The Stack House Collective, a website he started to promote the artwork of other artists. Jordan continues to strive towards his ultimate goal of keeping the arts alive in San Diego and bridging the gap between others. Please contact him at jordanjprojects.com or at thestackhousecollective.com.