Archives (Past Issues)

Volume III/Issue 1 
January 2025

Artwork
Do you know what time it is?? By Elizabeth Bouchez
New Beginnings by Emy Leffler
Memory Map by Maddie Mazzola
My Favorite Hat by Maddie Mazzola
My Wife by Maddie Mazzola
Tentacles by Emma Spainhower
Athena by Crystal Straker
 
Poetry
Snooze Button by Laura Blunier
A Fictional Love Letter to Myself From ... by Katelyn Hicks
Scars by Katelyn Hicks
Rest Still, Hummingbird by Emy Leffler
Calm by Paige Pfister
The Drain by Paige Pfister
Rage of the Feminine by Paige Pfister
Fried Bologna by Jennifer Scott-Dewar
The Woodpecker by Jennifer Scott-Dewar
Only Women Buy Fiction by Daniel Ware
 
Fiction
Bal Masqué by Ana Engelbrecht
A Classic Christmas Carole Ann by Scott Jackson
Who Shot the Deputy? by Scott Jackson
Passing Through the Path of Growth by Jenna Pursell
Just Takin' Care of Business by Logan Lewis
Don't Be Careful What You Wish For (And How to Save Penguins) by Logan Lewis
The Guitar by Jennifer Scott-Dewar
Altitudes by Emma Spainhower
Dial Tone by Emma Spainhower
 
Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction
The Story of Me by Lyndsey Newport


Volume II/Issue 2
August 2023

Artwork
Looking at the Past by Brian Miller

Poetry
Addiction by Skye Bullock
La Partie Toi by Kie Dupoy
Scars by Dinah Henry
Sometimes we are like falling leaves by Dinah Henry
Healing from You by Katelyn Hicks
Opportunity by Baden Jones
Blurry Face by Logan Lewis
The Unused Songbird by Logan Lewis
Imagining Closeness by Rebekah Rademacher
Landfill by Jennifer Scott-Dewar
Journey through the Forest of One Thousand Truths and Two Lies by Ashley Simone
the world & me by Bellamy Wagner

Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction
no thoughts head empty by Rebekah Rademacher


Volume II/Issue 1
January 2023

Artwork
Bee Enjoying Sunflower by Taegan Knetzer
Winter's Creek by Taegan Knetzer
Freddie by Ava Megehe
HIM by Ava Megehe
Hobi SK by Ava Megehe
Looking at the Past by Brian Miller
Brayden #2 by Marissa Overholt
Camouflage by Kayla Wolf
San Diego Sunset by Kayla Wolf

Poetry
The Ceiling Is My Best Friend by Ryan Hallam
Distorted Records by Ryan Hallam
Slamming My Breaks at a Yellow Light by Ryan Hallam
Feathered Creatures by Logan Lewis
Happy Thoughts by Logan Lewis
Struck by Logan Lewis
Maple by Rebekah Rademacher
You by Rebekah Rademacher

Fiction
A Night to Remember by Anne Petersen
An Unexpected Visitor by Anne Petersen
Falling into Reality by Kierra Riggenbach

Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction
The Importance of Holding On by Allison Decker


Volume I/Issue 2
September 2022

Poetry
Coyote by Jacob Gray
Empty Garden Pail by Jacob Gray
Refracted Light by Jacob Gray
The Saturday Late Show by Ryan Hallam
What a Shame by Ryan Hallam
Coffeehouse Special by Sawyer Johnson
Nobody Asked by Sawyer Johnson
Unwelcomed Grief by Elly Jones
Broken Records End by Teagan Osborn
My Fear is Yellow by Rebekah Rademacher
Towering Pines by Rebekah Rademacher
Lucid Dream by Morgan Taylor

Fiction
The Book by Teagan Osborn
A Fae in the Drive Thru by Lecian Yavetil 
I'll Never Forget by Kayla Davison
FireKeeper by Sawyer Johnson 
Established 2001. Discovered 2021. by Makayla Palm 


Volume 1/Issue 1
January 2022

Artwork
Cozy Serenity by Emma Grande
Zen State of Sleep by Emma Grande

Poetry

Butterfly by Nelcy Alfaro
I Am Not Alone by Nelcy Alfaro
Canyon by Jaxon Billingsley
Now Is Our Hour by Samantha Bonk
Your Burning House by Jacob Gray
I Am a Flower by Dinah Henry
The Little Things by Rebekah Rademacher

Fiction

Safe by Jaxon Billingsley
Why Do I Do This? by Ryan Hallam
Teddy by Sawyer J.R.
Cole Hollow Road by Makayla Palm

Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction

Lightning Never Strikes Twice by Alex Arbogast
Middle School Dress Code by Sidney Contoni
Emerging from a Dark Hole by Malarie Girdler
My Truth by Carmeta Webster-Sims


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