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by Alicia Hoffman I’ve killed myself a million times. Thinnick of knife blade. Hatchet. Musket. Saw. The metaphor goes: we are continuous. Re-born with a new skin. Better armor, bullet thick. And I’ve drummed the pelt. Tannedso many versions of what I no longer am. I mount the manikins on cedar planks.I shellac my specimens….

by Jabrie Johnson even if I knew what I know,I don’t think that would have stopped me.the oven of my heart wishes to bake you to perfection,perhaps it’s my fault for getting Burned.but it’s hard to prevent hypothermia,when there’s no Insulation in my mind. to compare your eyes to the ocean is Cruelfor the ocean…

by Gryphon Akridge-Phillips The rain was Pinot noir.In the way murky cinereous clouds formed ablockade. Do you rememberSeptember 19th? How you sat faceless as aHollowgast in that carbon grayLa-Z-Boy. With a 1928 bottle of Moscatobought in a bargain counter. Which later turned into astringent, acidic vinegaroozing down rugged weathered lines of face. Overflowing, slate gray…

by E. Joy Take me into natureWhere tranquility blends with chaosThat’s where I thrive Take me to the woodsSunlight streams through the leaves like stained glassWe will balter on moss to the caws of blue jays and sparrows We’ll breathe in the fresh air with new lungs,Listening to the wind’s whispers that shake the floraGale…

Tatjana Krilova.  Oil painting. 30′ x 30′ About the Artist Tatjana Krilova, born in Latvia, town Liepāja, is contemporary visual artist living and working in Toronto, Canada. Having received a higher education in architecture and civil engineering , she studied painting and sculpture at the Latvian Art Academy, as well as at the Art Studios…

by Tain Leonard-Peck grant this blessingto meon this frozencliff sidethe vast empty belowmay as wellbe infinity let my axe strike firmhold deepin the iceevery desperate blowdeliveredin the driving white gale climbing-spikeslashedlet my bootshold hardand take purchasefind me a paththrough frosted rockshifting snow as I ascendlet my ropekeep tightevery knotlet my eyesstay widein every windany sleet…

Photograph. About the Artist Matthew Fertel is a Sacramento-based abstract photographer who seeks out beauty in the mundane. Passing by the same locations over days, months, and years allows him to photograph his subjects under different lighting and weather conditions, and to observe the changes in these objects as the environment interacts with them over…

Robb Kunz. Oil on canvas. 20″ x 24″ About the Artist Robb Kunz hails from Teton Valley, Idaho. He received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Idaho. He currently teaches writing at Utah State University and is the Art and Design Faculty Advisor of Sink Hollow: An Undergraduate Literary Journal. His art has…

Travis Weaver. Watercolor. About the Artist Travis Weaver is a Fine Watercolorist and has been traveling about the world and living at sea in his tiny sailboat home with his wife and two small children for the past 12 years. He served in the US Navy, then went on study and earn his BFA from…

Adam Augello. Mixed Media (charcoal, pen and ink)  About the Artist Adam Augello is a Boston-based artist, whose work is currently represented by The Artful Deposit Gallery in Bordentown, NJ. More of his work can be found on Instagram: @adamaugello_art