# The League of Berries and Laurels ## Ch. VI - Christmas Eve This is my own contribution.

# The Lighthouse ## Part V ## by Alexandra Ranieri Previous installments of *The Lighthouse* can be found on Song of the Broad-Axe Publication's Substack, [The Ha'Pennpy Papers'](bapublications.substack.com). [Alexandra's Profile on Papertrail](https://papertrail.biblish.com/alexandra)

# Aqua Aeterna ## by Adam Kozak Adam Kozak’s work can also be found on his [Substack](https://adamkozak.substack.com). The poem, like many before it, takes its inspiration from ruins, specifically the aqueducts of Rome. [Adam's Profile on Papertrail](https://papertrail.biblish.com/adamkozak)

# Vignette from Tieck ## by Joseph Teti This is the first time Joseph Teti’s work is being featured in The Rialto Books Review. His depictive poem here is constructed well, vivid, and engrossing.

# The Last Time I Ever Saw Jimmy Molloy ## by Jeffrey DeVries I discovered Jeffrey DeVries work on the [Rappahhannock Review’s website](https://rappahannockreview.com/issue-10-2/contents/fiction/jeffrey-devries-2/) and reached out to him directly. He thankfully had this well-written piece available. Its stakes are the stuff of daily life, which, if not treated of correctly, can easily become mundane. Mr. DeVries has a ready power of characterization, however, so that, even in the brief visit the reader spends with these figures from Indiana, their interplay is immediately apparent and allows for the imagination to produce an entirety.