Abigail Myers When it became clear that the pregnancy wasn’t viable, the doctor asked what my holiday plans were, a banal question suddenly loaded with urgency; and when I told her, she simply...
Shilo Niziolek “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together today to look into the face of the river.” — Mary Ruefle The week-long heat wave has finally broken, but before it broke, I forced...
Beneth Goldschmidt-Sauer I had a lucky shirt I wore the whole time. I took it off only to sleep and to wash it in the laundry room at the hotel, where the jungly humidity and the smells from the...
Aida Zilelian “Don’t bother your mother this morning,” my grandmother Shaké said. She had her back turned to us, rummaging for items in the refrigerator. My sister Alice and I sat at the...
“Eye” “Cuban Woman” “Broken Mirror” Kateryna Bortsova KATERYNA BORTSOVA is a painter – a graphic artist with BFA in graphic arts and MFA. Works of Kateryna took...
“Mithrandir” “Nebula” “Primordial Soup” “Space Ghost” Aleksandra Chechel ALEKSANDRA CHECHEL is Russian-born and Brooklyn based. She takes her love for...
Clashing in Good Faith Oil on canvas I Lost Something in the Hills Oil on canvas Mickey Haist Jr. is a painter and teacher, living in the Southwest with his wife. He started painting during lockdown....
Faith Shearin 2022 Spring Fiction Contest Winner During the months after her husband, Max, died, Jane adhered to a self-imposed schedule. She had gotten this idea from a widow she’d met in her...
Aquamarine Ballpoint pen, marker on paper Scarlet Water soluble pencil on watercolor paper Hilda Pencil on paper Nicola Brayan is a young, aspiring artist from Sydney, Australia. She has rediscovered...
Anna Sheffer 2022 Spring Fiction Contest Runner Up We remember confirmation camp on summer mornings when the air smells like woodsmoke. At camp that year, every night ended with a campfire, and every...