Issue 3

Release Date: Jun 5, 2017

Issue 3 of Outlook Springs is a rousing romp through the corporate world of Wil-Mert Ventures Intercorp (in the form of an employee handbook) that somehow happens to contain skillfully-crafted wordwork by Stephen Wells Brand, Reno Evangelista, Brian Evenson, Meg Frances, Saquina Karla C. Guiam, Courtney Hartnett, Nathan Hillstrom, Jessica Fordham Kidd, Paul Lisicky, Jennifer Martelli, Melissa McDaniel, Jason Morphew, Thylias Moss, Leah Mueller, Jonathan Muzzall, Nathan Parker, Cynthia Plascencia, Aimee Pokwatka, John Reinhart, Cindy Rinne, Kascha Semonovitch, Abhishek Sengupta, and Dorothy Sjöholm.

Stories

• A Story About Scaleby Kascha Semonovitch
• An Exercise in Apocalyptic Dreamingby Melissa McDaniel
• Comic-Con Decoherenceby Nathan Hillstrom
• Escape to Bunny Islandby Jonathan Muzzall
• Investigations on the Theft of Heavenby Abhishek Sengupta
• The Glistening Worldby Brian Evenson
• The Ortolanby Reno Evangelista

• Foldby Aimee Pokwatka

Essays

• Bachelor Foodby Paul Lisicky
• Rhodaby Jason Morphew
• The Bar Stool in the Skyby Leah Mueller
• What Kind of Woman Aren’t You? Take this Cute Quiz and Find Out!by Meg Frances

Poems

• A Sibling Interludeby Jessica Fordham Kidd
• Absenceby Cindy Rinne
• Beginningby Dorothy Sjöholm
• Dark and Wheatyby Cynthia Plascencia
• Earthquake Vash (Predicted by the Seismograph in the Heart)by Thylias Moss
• Fostering Sparks on Windowsillsby John Reinhart
• from Letters to the Moonby Nathan Parker
• Halfby Saquina Karla C. Guiam
• Listening to the Jonestown Death Tapesby Courtney Hartnett
• Mean Boy Prophetby Jessica Fordham Kidd
• Milk Skinby Cynthia Plascencia
• My Life is for Itself and Not for a Spectacleby John Reinhart
• Newt’s First Bok Choyby Stephen Wells Brand
• O Come, Loud Anthems Let Us Singby Cynthia Plascencia
• Small Virtue and “Gimme Some” A+ Blissby Thylias Moss
• Spermacetiby Jennifer Martelli
• Status Report on Slinky Lustby Thylias Moss
• The Body as Cotard’s Delusionby Courtney Hartnett
• The Nickelsby Nathan Parker