Poetry Issue #16: What If? April 30, 2025 Two Poems by Shakira Croce What to Expect The ache waned, yet there should be something to show for the remains, drawn out into plastic tubes and rolled on loose metal down linoleum for more testing to add to the bill before the incinerator. The word “lucky” was never used, but so many turned and said “it was good, you...” After all, the procedures were only minimally invasive, leaving a perfectly empty space. I should have noted the warning signs: visions ...
Read MoreArt Issue #16: What If? April 30th, 2025 Artist’s Statement by R.C. Barajas Sarah Sideways 3 by R.C. Barajas Sarah Sideways 3 is part of an ongoing series called “Composite”. With these images I explore the moments in time that shape us. From one instant to the next, we move, breathe, form new thoughts, change perspective and orientation. Each iteration of ourselves could be thought of as a living collage existing in that moment. We are, ...
Read MoreIssue #16 What If? April 30th, 2025 Table of Contents Letter from the Editor, Tracy Granzyk: Making It Count Sarah Sideways 3 by R.C. Barajas - Artist's Statement Unreliable Witness | Monica Edwards Break the Disease | Nancy Gilbert What If We're Beautifully Wired Just the Way We Are? | Sara E. Golden The Hand of Nature | Sofia Mamakos I Left My Wife on Valentine's Day | Zoran Naumovski Dear Driver | Kalani Padilla Terminators | Angela Townsend For the Clouds I Do Not ...
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