“Sequela and Sublimity” IBRAHIM AJANI LAWAL, known by his sobriquet: Hajani Hibard, is an African-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist and writer with a Bachelor’s degree in English...
Ellen June Wright is an internationally published artist, poet and photographer known for her abstract expressionism. She studied art and art history at Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ....
“Silence”Acrylic JC Henderson is an artist as well as a poet. She has published images of her artworks, some of which as cover art, in literary art magazines in the U.S. and in England....
“Loose Threads” Acrylic and embroidery thread on canvas “Let the Light Through”Photoshop, digital photo Motivated by curiosity and expression, Lane Black is a queer,...
Donna Vorreyer The quiet of the woods feathers my brain,and my tongue magentas with beets. Still I’m restless and cannot sleep. I can’t explain the shadow’s abstractions—how the coat rack...
SP Mulroy The thresher like a wicked god calls children to its mouth,gnashing locust teeth to taste the fingers in the grain. What passes through the graveyard gate can never walk back out. Beneath...
Thuy Phan Summer, 1998 When the plane touched the tarmac, I knew my mom and I were somewhere else because of the smell – exhaust fumes mixed with grassy herbs and overripe jackfruit – in a...
Samuel Piccone Not a spread too big. Too brightly littered with faith. How long one can soften into night, I can’t say. There’s so much waterI hardly notice: the snow and snowing, the bathtub...
Lane Michael Stanley 2026 Fiction Contest Winner Content Warning: This story discusses the following sensitive topics: substance abuse and early recovery. We walk every morning at sunrise—not all...
