Our next Issue 6 feature today is the swirling, spiraling, "Inattentive," by avery! (they/them). slowly i forget how to circle the water, and unspool like a magician’s trick, like a reservoir. secondchancelit.com/yoderwells

:) that’s me!! i wrote this abt adhd and growing up and forgetfulness. suitably, i completely forgot id submitted it here until i got the acceptance. thank u to the lovely people at second chance lit for giving this circular little thing a home <3

Our final Issue 6 feature for the day is the unique "A lesson about dinosaurs," by Jonny Rodgers. Carried back in shoeboxes, laid out on a plastic sheet, they were specimens that caught our breath secondchancelit.com/rodgers

Our first Issue 6 spotlight today is the final piece in our "dusk" section - the powerful "Make Peace With My Bones" by @fannnster. The last leaves of late autumn cling to skeletal trees. They rustle in a bitter wind and I know it is you. secondchancelit.com/gray

Our second Issue 6 spotlight today kicks off the "dawn" section - the lovely "Romantic era proofs" by Méabh McDonnell (IG: meabh90). And I smile at you in the mirror at the idea all science began as magic, while you pass me the toothpaste. secondchancelit.com/mcdonnell

Our final Issue 6 spotlight today is the transporting, city-gazing "Delancy Street Exit" by Laura Seldner. all the times I've become a long-legged animal teetering down the sidewalk in ankle-snapping heels enamored with my existence howling at the sky secondchancelit.com/seldner

The first Issue 6 piece we highlight today is the nostalgic "Sweet Blood," by chasm. A smile redolent of memory, for herself alone, but flooding the heart of a stranger with the sweet blood of love. secondchancelit.com/pettigrew

Our next Issue 6 highlight today is the hopeful "Vanquishing the Invaders," by Lorraine Caputo. The cold & dark of pre-dawn sinks into my troubled mind, churning with what ifs … secondchancelit.com/caputo

The final Issue 6 highlight we have for you today will transport you to another place - "Morning Cup Of Tea," by Beth Brooke. the mimosa tree, sun softening tar on the pavement, blue sky, terracotta earth that stains your white tee-shirt secondchancelit.com/brooke

Our final piece in Issue 6 is a magical story called "The Mangrove Roots," by Rebecca Ressl. Coldblooded and gilled, he returns with seaweed so Mother can taste the water’s depths. He tells bedtime stories of the seals he dives with. secondchancelit.com/ressl

For the day that’s in it: my poem ‘Romantic Era Proofs was featured in the latest issue of Second Chance Lit and somewhat fits the #PoetryDayIRL theme of ‘written in the stars’! Read it here: secondchancelit.com/mcdonnell

For a variety of reasons, Second Chance Lit will be going on an indefinite hiatus. We hope that we've been a source for good and given a space for so many amazing pieces that might have been otherwise forgotten! Our site will remain up. Love to all! secondchancelit.com

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We are still on a necessary hiatus, but HAD to showcase some of the amazing work from recent issues. We will share our SundressPublications Best of the Net nominations tomorrow!

I am so honored (and still in shock). Thank you so so much Second Chance Lit for believing in my work

Congratulations to our own Lindsey Heatherly for yet another BOTN nomination!

"Nosebleed Seats" in Second Chance Lit secondchancelit.com/rajsankar

Bulb Culture Collective (SUBS OPEN!) Re interview and repub'd piece Bulb Culture Collective (SUBS OPEN!) per post above -- Shoutout to Blank Spaces whose image prompt first inspired this piece, and to Second Chance Lit (sadly on permanent hiatus) who published it after several shortlist placements.