Alex Tretbar We came here for the endangered Chilean sea bass but I can’t even hear myself chew over the smooth jazz. It is appropriately unbearable when I decide to butter my bread instead of...
Brian Russell Roberts Some songs feel exactly like drowning. Especially when they’re sung by a plain-looking miner whose every breath feels like it’s his last, sung as if he was locked in the...
“Mask 1” Original handcut collage “Strutting” Original handcut collage Susan Dashiell is an ESL teacher living in Bloomfield, NJ who enjoys collaging during quiet moments....
“Ensomhet” Acrylic on canvas Kelley “Kel” Hudson is an artist with an interest in fictional and actual, lived in spaces. Her work focuses on reoccurring daily life moments but also...
Helena Olufsen We arrive in mojito-scented fogs and splay the contents of our suitcases across every bed, dresser, and chaise lounge. Our new home is a white sandstone palace with tall arch doorways,...
“Do Not Bend” Cut/Paste paper collage Irakli Mirzashvili grew up in a family of visual artists in Tbilisi, country of Georgia, and enjoys writing, working in oil pastels, creating...
Debra Dean Because it’s 1964, birth is still an act of revelation. An x-ray has confirmed that our mother is carrying twins, but shows nothing else, not the babies’ genders or if they are forming...
“So You Can Be Comfortable” Digital photography Ava Bergen is an artist living in Austin, TX specializing in surreal and otherworldly portraiture. Her work has been featured in Stone...
Kayann Short What happened to him? And to his wife—meaning his ex-wife, so I’d heard. They’d lived on the lake road in a towering barn that had been in his family for generations, so much a...
