Issue 10.3

Contents

To read the magazine in the mixed genre, sequential print order, start here.

Shorts

Chrysalises
Amy Marques. Wordless communication with a sibling.

Live Wire
Mark Foss. Chain of events.

The Spitfire
Wendy K. Mages. First car, a sister, and how it got there.

Red River Coats
Alex Newman. The life of some family coats.

Bubble Tea
Yejun Chun. Past memories and present moments.

Art

Sea Change
Stephanie Martin. Aquatint etching.

Least Tern
Stephanie Martin. Aquatint etching.

Colibri Poppy
Stephanie Martin. Aquatint etching.

Trees
Clare Olivares. Watercolor and ink.

Sit a Spell
Phillip Temples. Photograph.

Neighborhood
Ann Calandro. Mixed-media collage.

Hidden Gems

Kálo Neró (Good Water)
Ivars Balkits. Water, memories, and the moment.

The faucet is leaking dear
Jessie Lian. Water as time and friendship.

Sub-marine
Jan Cronos. Water metaphor as communication.

Our hearts, Our clawing
Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi. Life and grief.

Magnolia
Aiden Heung. Search for a beautiful moment.

Fireworks on Mute
Jimmy Huff. Childhood potential.

Wintering Sun
Jessie Lian. Looking for the light.

Youthful Experimentation
Kali Lightfoot. Bonding over spinach.

Goodbye
Ivars Balkits. An ending and back.

Failure
Matt Dennison. A natural attempt.

Shiver
Linda McQuarrie-Bowerman. Saving up.

Lifeline
Cassandra-Halleh Delaney. Catching up with an old friendship.

Dandelion
Cassandra-Halleh Delaney. Going deeper.

The Goldenrod
Corey D. Cook. Neglect and attention.

Erasures

Mind
Clare Olivares. Source: The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein, p. 29.

Destiny
Clare Olivares. Source: a young adult book recycled from a Little Free Library.

Word + Image

Communicaton: "Eta Nevazhna"
Mateo Toska and Mariam Chagelishvilli. Comic and narrative around a misunderstanding.

Sold
Larry Caveney. Painting and poem circling a property.





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