Thank you for viewing our publication of “Bridge,” the Fall 2025 issue of New Limestone Review. Our newest issue dwells in the in-between, where distance and connection exist together. It explores the bridges we build and cross to reach one another, and the transformation that happens in the act of meeting. Attuned to risk, vulnerability, and change, this issue honors the courage it takes to step into the middle, reminding us that no crossing is neutral, and no one arrives unchanged. We welcome you to this crossing of word and meaning.

Poetry

On the Bridge After the Flood by Eckert

Bike Route, Minneapolis by Esser

Breaking Camp by Lauchlan

A Family Portrait by Morris

Eternal Life by Schellhase

Fiction

Abridged by Carter

Intrusions by Garriott

Nonfiction

The Last Note of the Sea by Kalbasi

Biscuits and Gravy by Odom

Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief + Nonfiction Editor: Ariadne Macquarie

Poetry Editor: Samantha Ratcliffe

Fiction Editor: Cayenne Bareng

Editorial Assistants: Crystal Little, Bell McEntire, Carissa Schutzman, Dani Summerlin, Anthony Ukwuoma, Elizabeth Von Mann