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Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild by Kathy Fish **Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild** A group of grandmothers is a _tapestry_. A group of toddlers, a _jubilance_(see also _:_ a _bewailing)_. A group of librarians is an _enlightenment_. A group of visual artists is a _bioluminescence_. A group of short story writers is a _Flannery_. A group of musicians is — a _band_. A _resplendence_ of poets. A _beacon_ of scientists. A _raft_ of social workers. A group of first responders is a _valiance._ A group of peaceful protestors is a _dream_. A group of special education teachers is a _transcendence_. A group of neonatal ICU nurses is a _divinity_**.** A group of hospice workers, a _grace_. Humans in the wild, gathered and feeling good, previously an _exhilaration,_ now _: a target._ A _target_ of concert-goers. A _target_ of movie-goers. A _target_ of dancers. A group of schoolchildren is a _target._ Kathy Fish teaches fiction for the Mile High MFA program at Regis University. She also teaches her own intensive Fast Flash workshops online. She has published four collections of short fiction: a chapbook in the Rose Metal Press collective, _A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness: Four Chapbooks of Short Short Fiction by Four Women_(2008); _Wild Life_ (Matter Press, 2011); _Together We Can Bury It_ (The Lit Pub, 2012); and _Rift_ , co-authored with Robert Vaughan (Unknown Press, 2015). Her story, “Strong Tongue,” was recently chosen by Amy Hempel for _Best Small Fictions 2017_ (Braddock Avenue Books). Feel like submitting? Check out our submission guidelines Art (cropped) Pieter Brueghel Public Domain. Picture is cropped from a version of Pieter Bruedghel’s Hunters in the Snow. We have cropped out the hunters and left the crowded innocents below, gathered and playing on a frozen lake. NB The original image accompanying this piece was by: Eva Rinaldi *** ### Share this: * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Like Loading... https://jellyfishreview.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/collective-nouns-for-humans-in-the-wild-by-kathy-fish/