Los(t) Barrachos by Angelica Esquivel

Los(t) Barrachos by Angelica Esquivel

Art: Memories from the Multiverse: Comfortably Between by Erik Leraz LOS(T) BARRACHOS Viviana and I were smoking up when we got the call—our father was in the hospital, having been in another drunk driving accident. We sighed in unison, hoped he didn’t kill anybody,...
Alas Lord Muck by Gavin Mayhew

Alas Lord Muck by Gavin Mayhew

ALAS LORD MUCK In the artist’s words: I am an artist, sculptor and painter using mixed media, oils and acrylics. I have exhibited my art internationally including Germany, USA, Belgium, UK and have worked on collaborative projects with other artists, dancers,...
Tentative Futures by Romana Iorga

Tentative Futures by Romana Iorga

Art: Manikin 77 by Roger Camp TENTATIVE FUTURES You try to forgive words their push and pull. In the garden, the cherry tree has sprouted buds, each one enveloping a heartbeat. You lean against the trunk, listening to the hum under its bark, remembering what it was...
A Grave Made of Hopes by Eli Landes

A Grave Made of Hopes by Eli Landes

Art: Color Field: Violet, Blue, Black, Red, Orange and Purple by John Timothy Robinson A GRAVE MADE OF HOPES In a bleached white field made of dead hopes, I dig my own grave. My arms move with a mechanical methodicalness, the up-down movement of the shovel almost...
The Well by Alex Duensing

The Well by Alex Duensing

Art: Wilson Creek 12 by John Gregory Brown THE WELL Someone always answers—even a recording.   I have noticed how you deny perpetual motion. As if were not earth. Nor field around it. Yet, press the numbers. Dial the residence. Someone always answers—even a...
1957 by DC Diamondopolous

1957 by DC Diamondopolous

Art: Memories from the Multiverse: Comfortably Between by Erik Leraz 1957 Welcome to The Shady Lady, a queer bar in San Pedro, California, across the railroad tracks, near the docks, in a back alley off Harbor Street. It’s a raunchy hole in the wall dive where...