jael jean I was inside of my mind the other day. Saw my late father smack Sawyer upside the head. Saw my older brother retreat further behind his ribcage. There were times that he bared it –...
Danielle Bradley Patricia was waiting to hear if her kidney stone was large enough to be surgically removed. It was the first thing, the kidney stone being too big to safely pass through her urethra,...
Sharon S.Y. Lee The birthday party has reached its frenzied apex and hurtles towards the cake cutting finale, but Sarah wishes that she could rewind time—before she set the party budget, before she...
Brooklin Pigg My mom started dating a man named Elliot when my friend Elliot died. If I asked her for the timeline, I’m sure she would remind me that she was seeing her Elliot a few weeks or even...
An Ancient Observer Collage, black walnut husk ink, and oil pastel on paper Anna Chapman is an artist and educator passionate about continuously exploring transformative approaches to art making,...
Freedom Acrylic on canvas Tomislav Šilipetar was born in Zagreb, Croatia. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2014, where he earned his master’s degree in painting under the...
Emma Zimmerman My border collie greets the world each morning like an alien coming down to earth. What is that white stuff on the ground? What of these four-wheeled animals, grunting to life? Joni...
Emotional Landscapes 66 Photography Holly Willis is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker who moves between Maine and California exploring landscape, color, movement, and material, using both old,...
Dreams Collage, paper White Dreams Collage, paper Irina Tall (Novikova) is an artist, graphic artist, illustrator. She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art, and...
J. L. Bermúdez Always at the same time, the green van with yellow letters. A man, tall and dark, hair parted like a curtain. A cigarette in his hand. I can’t recall if he is handsome, or just...