JUNE 2026.
Cover Artist: Sarah Gutwirth (Artist Website)
The Silver Branch, 2023
Oil on canvas, 36 x 42”
(In the collection of James Delaplane)
Courtesy of the artist
INTRODUction
Rachel Marie Patterson and Dara-Lyn Shrager, Editors
Selected Legends of the Rock
Julia C. Alter; Artwork by Jaceyln
River Prayer
Alfredo Antonio Arevalo; Artwork by Marie B Gauthiez
Frankenstein
Andrew Christoforakis; Artwork by Luca Rosa Schurink
Lesson of the Finches
Robbin Farr; Artwork by Olga Karpenko
Inventory of Impossible Colors
Ella Flores; Artwork by Austin Cole
Python in the Pontchartrain
Spencer Jewell; Artwork by Sonya Sklaroff
Slow Nights, Clear Mornings
Michael Juliani; Artwork by Keith A. Dodson
For Edna St. Vincent Millay
Stephanie Kartolopoulos; Artwork by Amanda Yscamp
Everything I Know About Love
Anya Kirshbaum; Artwork by Rebecca Hawkes
Psalm for the Woman in the Mirror
Anya Kirshbaum; Artwork by Rebecca Hawkes
Night Sky Myth for Roads not Leading Home
Pete Miller; Artwork by Anastasia Yaroshevich
a room of one’s own
Samantha Strong Murphey; Artwork by Marie B Gauthiez
Salix Discolor
Julie Murphy; Artwork by Daria Troitska
The Dream Says
Zoë Ryder White; Artwork by Carol M. Highsmith