“Hunger Unto Him” appears in Birdy 118, from October 2023, with art by Caitlyn Grabenstein. This recipe calls for equal parts McCarthy, Steinbeck and King for a Depression-era feast:

I don’t get where we’re going.
We’re going to Wheeless to see John Hood.
You said that. I just don’t get it.
What don’t you get?
We got twelve dollars between the four of us and a Buick that might or might not make it another hundred miles. But instead of going west like everyone else we’re going north to Wheeless to see some crazy preacher.
Seems like you get it just fine.
Damn it, Dustin, when you’re down to your last dime you spend it on food. You don’t throw it away hoping for a miracle.
You’re wrong. When you’re down to your last dime, hoping for a miracle’s the best you got.