Other contributors: Monica Lopez, Jayda Mauras, Jordyn Mauras, Jacob Mickel. Sofia San Nicolas, Tommi Noyes, Madison Pham, Carson Porter, Gwyneth Ptomey, Cayden Quinn, Kelli Rudy, Matney Searcy, Isabella Seymour, Tiffany Smith, Trinity Templeton, Baylee Thompson Edited by Jim Churchill-Dicks In its ninth year, torches n’ pitchforks literary journal continues to hunt for voices that might otherwise go silent. Silenced by outside forces that would say these stories- even in the ways they tell them- do not matter. How mistaken those outside forces are! They are luminous. They flicker and shine. They are torchlight piercing the darkness.