ELEVENTH HOUR LITERARY

ELEVENTH HOUR LITERARY ISSUE 1.2

Summer 2025

Introducing: The June 2025 Issue and The Eleventh Hour Literary “Eleventh Spot” Workshop

GUEST ESSAY CONTRIBUTION

The Myth of Control and the Hazards of Expectations

Winner of the Summer 2025 Prose Contest

Women Waiting on Roadside

SONJA CLAY

Person Developing Film in a Dark Room

EXPOSED
James F. Haggerty

Vending Machine at Night

THE 00:03 MACHINE
Fendy S. Tulodo

Romantic Couple sharing a Kiss

STAGE KISS
Thomas J. Misuraca

Woman in Black Tube Dress Sitting on Chair

SIGNING LILY PAGEANT
Paul Lewellan

Person Holding an X-Ray Film of Skull and Spine

YOU NEED TO GROW A SPINE
Davina Kaur

A painting of a creature with a leering, toothy skull in its wing

A THROW-AWAY CROW
Jim Wright

TIMEKEEPER
Amy Dupcak

Statue of a Sailor Kissing a Woman

BABY FACE
Julie Zuckerman

Grayscale Photo of Wheelchair

WATERLOO
John Whittier Treat

Winner of the Summer 2025 Poetry Contest

THE GO BUTTON

Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith

A Singer in a Black Dress Sitting on a Stool

A man superimposed strumming an electric guitar

PUNK MUSIC
Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith

Overhead Shot of a Person Sitting under the Tree

SUE WITH CAFFEINE
M. S. Marquart

A 18th century woman working on a lace project

SELF-PORTRAIT IN A LACEMAKER’S HANDS
Robert Miner

THE GOLDEN AGE OF DISTRACTION
Matthew James Babcock

Misty morning in the countryside

WINTER IS BETTER FOR LOVE
CK Farrell

a spindly tree growing into the sky

HOW A FARMING COUPLE CAME TO BE
John Grey

Stressed man covering face while moving out

TIME WARDENS
KG Newman

Shadowed flower overlaid with barbed wire

100,000/60(/60)x2=
Marcus Slingsby

A woman in the fetal position floating in water with two koi fish circling her

THEN THE SUMMER
Matthew James Babcock

Issue Masthead

Editor-in-Chief

R. Renee Branca

Managing Editor

Ethan Knox

Fiction Co-Editors

Lauren Garnett

Amber Gates

Poetry Co-Editors

Hannah Nathanson

Arthur Turfa

Abigail Cornelia

Journal Board: Michelle L. Gardner, Sarah Ford, Kaitlyn Bellettini, Joshua Chimene, Ellie Noti, Jacob Uzel, Taylor Veneto, Matthew Smearing, Douglas Russell

Cover Art by Daniella Pedi

Submission Transparency

This issue received 209 submissions, for which we were honored to publish these 20, with a publication rate of 9.5%.