April 2021 / ISSUE 7

WILD SPRING IMMUNITY TEA

by Gina Rae La Cerva

When the world feels like too much, take your grief into the woods. Bring a basket and a pair of sharp scissors. Gather over-wintered rose hips from the…

SCYLLA

by Nay Saysourinho

The first thing they noticed when the body washed ashore were twelve tentacles where two legs should have been. The next thing they noticed was the presence of four breasts on her scarred torso….

WHEN BODIES TOUCH

by Roe McDermott

Every cell in your body regenerates every seven years. This isn’t entirely true, but true enough. Without feeling people touch me, I now spend my days feeling…

the stay at home order starts at midnight

by Esther Pearl Watson

I created a series of daily paintings during the pandemic. This particular painting shows how muddled I felt during the early days. What was heading our way?

A PORTRAIT

by Eva Recinos

Commission: a portrait, to be hung in a large gilded frame, for posterity / Medium: paint, but open to mixed media / Schedule: available for virtual or…

Absolutely Not An Autobiographical Account

by Kat Lewis

Masha will shit her pants in three hours. She does not know this yet. Right now, she is sitting at the breakfast bar in her boyfriend’s house, the boyfriend she has…