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Issue 53 • Spring 2026

Blue, textured, abstract image with circular, bright light to the right

Earthskin

By Hana Rehman

Abstract painting of colors and jagged angles

The Velvet Chair

By Nina Schuyler

Issue 52 • Fall 2025

Painting of grassy English moors

Glen 2.0

By Brad Barkley

Black and white painting of two foxes

Night Walks

By James Lex

Abstract painting by Ellen June Wright

Spitfire

By Casey Reiland

Issue 51 • Spring 2025

Photograph of a zoomed-in cowgirl boot, white and brown, in a stirrup against a brown horse's side, with a leopard-print saddle.

Sixty Percent Water

by Tarah Knaresboro

12 Parables

by Lucy Weltner

Abstract painting with greens, yellows, pinks, oranges, and blues. Stars on left.

Amore Door

by Ryan Bender-Murphy

Issue 50 • Fall 2024

painting of a ranch house in the desert

Tank

by August Reid

Photograph of radio towers against an oranges sky

Christian Kings and Stolen Cars

by G.D. Holloway

Issue 49 • Spring 2024

a black and white abstract landscape

The Bridge

By Olivia Martinez

abstract artwork

On The Roof

By Claire Robbins

abstract artwork with linear symmetry

Tattoo Baby

By Aaron Tillman

Issue 48 • Fall 2023

illustration of rock layers and plates

How to Heal a Mestiza Heart

By Ciara Alfaro

illustration of a spiral shell

Bella’s Last Soiree

By Katharine Beebe

a seated black woman breastfeeding a child

Endlings

By Craig Foster

black and white photograph of boulders and rocks

The Red Dot

By Terri Lewis

Issue 47 • Spring 2023

Abstract painting including green, purple, and orange streaks

Curfew

by Miles Parnegg

Blue photograph of city square

More Than Enough

by Andrew Laing

Photo of sculpture including two faces

The Man in the Woods

by Karen Parkman

Issue 46 • Fall 2022

Image including moon, woman's face, butterflies, and the word "OPEN"

Peppers

by Elizabeth Berlin

Abstract photo of blue light with squares

The Message

by Andrew Joseph Kane

Renaissance-looking image including spaceship flying above man

The King of Tremendous Pines

by Eric Rasmussen

Issue 45 • Spring 2022

Collage including handwriting and various colors and patterns

Reformation

by Deya Bhattacharya

Abstract painting of variety of colors

The Time Donor

by Justin Anderson

Issue 44 • Fall 2021

Drawing of desert landscape through sliding door

Scorched Earth: The Legacy of the Globizent Affair

by Kelly Neal

Minimalist drawing of landscape

Farewell Address to the Last Mango in the Pacific Northwest

by Ari Laurel

Issue 43 • Spring 2021

Natali Petricic in front of ocean

The Thousand-Year Dream

by Natali Petricic

Drawing of tree in the style of "Starry Night"

Navel

by Emma Wu

Issue 42 • Fall 2020

Photo of dusty wrench

A Mute Girl’s Yarn

by Khanh Ha

Photo of New Mexico landscape

Bruja

by Mary Winsor

Issue 41 • Spring 2020

Grid of 9 red and yellow shapes, beginning with circles and ending with flowers

Huitzitzilin

by ire’ne lara silva

Issue 40 • Fall 2019

Black and white photo of old truck in sand

Arrangements

by Robin Rozanski

Black woman lays on American flag with hair covering red stripes

Home Depot

by Alison Turner

Issue 39 • Spring 2019

Drawing of small house in woods

The Full Windsor

by Kent Kosack

Photo of sky through trees

Driftwood Campfire

by Vince Tweddell

Issue 38 • Fall 2018

Photo of Portland (?)

An Answer to Your Question

by Laura Price Steele

Painting of ocean at sunrise

Art Unknown

by Nicole Cuffy

Issue 37 • Spring 2018

Blurry black and white photo of lake under heavy clouds

Haunting the Hallowed Grove

by Mario Giannone

Colorful drawing of man with organs exposed

Derailed

by Jean-Marie Saporito

Issue 36 • Fall 2017

Black and white photo of oak with Spanish moss hanging over house

In-Laws and Out-Laws

by Evan Lloyd

Hallway leading to suspension bridge over water

Around the Parking Lot

by David Connor

Issue 35 • Spring 2017

Collage including desert, forest, and sea and the words "Where are you?"

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life with a Song

by Mario J. Gonzales

Ghostly image of couple approaching motel

The Meaning of Life

by Myriam Lacroix

Abstract image of leaves with yellow, red, and blue

—vibe [Fragments from a Notebook]

by Marcos Santiago Gonsalez

Issue 34 • Fall 2016

Spinning Jinnies

by Matt Tompkins

Girls Needed $200/HR Weekends and Nights

by Cady Vishniac

Red industrial machinery against yellow background

A Midwestern Gothic

by Alec Osthoff

Photo of a terracotta apartment building in the evening.

QUARTZSITE

by Debbie Vance

Issue 33 • Spring 2016

Woman looking through abstract shapes

Twitch

by Chris Koslowski

Abstract art with swirl

I Bought Her a Bird

by Michael Credico