ISSUE SIX

A woman holds her hands in front of her right eye, forming a ring. Inside the ring is the eye of an owl. Around the woman are other critters, vines, plants, snakes, and insects.

Dogma of Beasts by Paris Fithian.

FICTION

Green and blue tidepools on a rocky ledge near the ocean.

DRY BED
by Alexis Macnab

A hydrangea bush on a short wall. A mother and a daughter are in the distance.

EXPECTANT BODIES
by Anna Cabe

People rush into a supermarket store from a parking lot before dawn.

TWO ANGEL GABRIEL FLASH PIECES
by Frances Klein

A black wolf howling in a yellow field in front of green pine trees and smoky hills.

DOMESTICATED
by Melissa Darcey Hall

A crabapple tree in front of the sky at dusk.

TREE OF GLASS
by Kris Faatz

People in a crowded electronics store surrounded by rows of cheap electronic equipment.

ALMOST NOTHING
by Shaya Kadouri

A wooden door in a brick building, partially open.

A TIME TRAVELER’S GUIDE TO GETTING FIRED
by Angelica Terso

People standing around a bonfire at night in a field.

CAMILA AND ME
by Isabelle Ness

Bubbles in a light blue water cooler.

THE IMITATOR
by Meiko Ko

A rooster's legs perched on the edge of a rock.

THE ROOSTER
by Julia Breitkreutz

CREATIVE NONFICTION

The spine bones of a dinosaur in the dirt.

THE CORD AND THE GOOD MOTHER LIZARD
by Calley Marotta

A white hare sitting in a field in front of a rocky mound.

A NATURAL HISTORY
by Hannah Weber 

A window with four panes opening into a nearby garden and close green trees.

THE HARROWING
by Andrea Thorsen

POETRY

A puddle reflecting the pink light from a sunset.

THE NATURAL WORLD
by Johnny Kovatch

Close-up shot of an umbrella mushroom with a white cap with brown spots.

MY MOTHER FOLLOWS ME INTO THE BUSH
by Jonathan Chibuike Ukah

Interior of a bus. A woman sits a few seats ahead looking to the left out the window.

WHILE RIDING TO WORK
by Eliot Khalil Wilson

Hands holding soil in a rainy garden.

STILL TIME
by Patrick Swaney

Interior of a hotel room. An armchair is in front of a brightly lit window.

GRIEF
by Irena Kaçi

A paved grey brick path leading toward a tall tree with long green needles.

CROWN HILL
by Eliot Khalil Wilson

Red and orange leaves frozen under ice in a pond.

NONE OF THE FISH ARE DEAD
by AK Klingbeil

Hands in blue plastic gloves holding metal medical equipment.

RUPTURE
by Dara-Lyn Shrager

Smoke rising and dissipating against a pink sky near sunset.

SMOKE
by Melody Wilson 

Pine trees in front of a starry night sky.

CHALLENGER
by Cindy Veach

Four baby birds in a nest with their beaks wide open waiting for food.

NEST
by Cathy Carlisi

A log in waves in a river.

LET US EXPLORE SLEEP
by Jennifer Moss

A dog with white-yellow fur sniffing the camera.

AURAS
by Mary Katherine Creel

A mother holding a child's hand.

PERVERSION
by Dion O’Reilly

Pencil shavings with blue edges from a blue pencil.

MAMIHLAPINATAPAI
by Jeff Newberry

A snail shell beneath a spider web. A spider sits in the web, which is between two rocks.

DID YOU KNOW SNAIL SHELLS ARE LOGARITHMIC? PICTURE THIS: A LINE
by Brandee Benson

Three blue thumb tacks in a bulletin board.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES
by Kurt Luchs

A black flag with an image of planet Earth on it hanging near a road.

EARTH: A REVIEW
by Clint Margrave

Pinecones hanging from a branch with green pine needles.

NUTHATCH LANE
by Hari B. Parisi

Three birds flying in a blue, cloudless sky.

DOING THE MATH
by Jackleen Holton

MIXED MEDIA

A yellow figurine of a person riding a horse.

GONE VIRAL
by Valerie Hegarty

A woman dancing in a green dress in front of a cloudy sky and a desert horizon.

WHAT ATHENA SAW WHEN TIRESIAS LOOKED
by Ellen Renton

Yellow dead leaves over grey gravel.

CONSUELO GARCIA PLEASE STOP
by Jim Pascual Agustin

A black and white face fragmented by triangular sections of images depicting viruses.

TWO VIDEOPOEMS 
by Jim Andrews and Adeena Karasick