Featured Issue 17
Nonfiction
“Field Notes on the Downtown Wells Fargo” by Annie Sheneman
I don’t bank at the Wells Fargo. I don’t because I once heard my father say it was evil …
“Soul Trees” by Timothy Rachuonyo
When my auntie died, an acacia tree sprouted from her grave …
“Oracle” by Elena Bowman
I have never believed in the supernatural use of oracle cards, but I bought them just the
same …
Poetry
Two Poems by Rita Mookerjee
I warn writers do not leverage crisis to / elevate your brand. Genocide is no one’s muse …
from “Spill Life With Hammerspace” by Henry Goldkamp
if i died and you spat / on my grave well / that would be kinda hot …
Three Poems by Adedayo Agarau
Glamorous in / his disaster. His manifesto for leaving was absence …
Two Poems by Chiwenite Onyekwelu
Look at me. / A heart / cannot be broken more than this …
Three Poems by Aspen Taylor
am I just an abrasion of flesh / acrobat of bone …
Two Poems by Jeff Whitney
In the right mood / I can be jealous of mud …
Two Poems by Elias Appleby
I sharpened the teeth / Of this burgundy beast / And taught it to obey …
Two Poems by Emma Aylor
It helps to consider ancient surgeries / from which a patient might return …
Art
Art by Alexander Martin
Alexander Martin is a Black and trans artist and performer working out of Peoria, Illinois
Feeling the Fantasy: A Conversation with Ms. Alexander Martin by Gabriel Ridout
“I’m building a pantheon, a mythos, a whole arc of Black, queer, and trans history, legacy, and oral tradition…”