They used to teach that colour would never be detected in fossils.
But now it’s someone’s job to reveal the complexions
of dinosaurs, to unravel the hints about hues,
examining melanosomes and spherical organelles,
to conclude that, ‘You don’t have an orange and white tail
for nothing’. It’s someone’s job to pore over fossilised
forearms looking for the trace of quill knobs
or to separate spiral twists of fibres to analyse Jurassic
dandruff and to tell us with authority that these creatures
shed their skin in flakes. I wish I’d studied palaeontology
instead of forensic psychology. Primitive plumage
interests me more than psychopathy and the science
of empathy ever could.
Spangle McQueen is a happy grandma and hopeful poet living in Sheffield.
Caitlin Johnson holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Her work has appeared in Carcinogenic Poetry, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Narrative Northeast, Pembroke Magazine, Vagina: The Zine, and Wild Quarterly, among other outlets. A chapbook, Boomerang Girl, was published in 2015 by Tiger’s Eye Press, and a full-length collection, Gods in the Wilderness, was published in 2016 by Pink.Girl.Ink. Press.
Katie Lewington is a UK-based writer and has been drafting, editing and rewriting her bio since she started submitting to literary magazines and journals two years ago. It isn’t as if she doesn’t know who she is, she just isn’t sure what is relevant. Her creative writing can be read at 
Claudia Delicato is a 23-year-old Italian momentarily living in Belgium. She has been writing since she learnt how to hold a pen: she loves poetry the most, writing in English, Italian, and Spanish. You can find her work at 
Kieran Rundle, a high school student, is the owner and editor-in-chief for 
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