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Best of Issue #16 ·

Best of the Best. Creme de la Creme. Really good art.

True Calling

by J. Ceaderstorm

In “True Calling,” Cedarstrom presents a haunting period piece that is both grounded in reality and flows seamlessly into the supernatural. A story that feels right out of a Robert Eggers film, “True Calling” reminds us of the underlying horrors that come with blind faith, and the lengths one will go for salvation - whether from a heavenly being or something entirely sinister. Cedarstrom eloquently tackles questions surrounding faith, religion, and gender identity in this gripping short story that will leave you reeling with your mouth agape from page to page.

Santos Arteaga, FICTION EDITOR

California Heterochromia

by soledad con carne

“California Heterochromia” is a beautiful binary-busting poem. Its fluidity of beauty and darkness is intertwined, painting a portrait of celebration and survival of tradition, ancestry, and life. The separation of stanzas by columns allows the reader to read this poem in multiple directions, creating an intimate connection between the two stanzas, as if both needed each other to be complete. Similar to the eyes, both are not required to see, but both bring depth perception. Finally, there is so much movement and shift in geography, tone, and observation. soledad’s poem is passing as you read this. This is more than a place poem; it is an infinite poem.

Carlos Quinteros III, MANAGING & POETRY EDITOR

by Barbara Perrira

Barbara Perrira is an artist’s artists. Her use of color and shading conveys the beautiful melancholy of stillness, and how your body can feel fleshier—more prominent—even when it is at rest. Her piece, “Quilt” transports me back to a time when I was first developing my object permanence. Laying alone in my room, wondering who I was, who my parents were, and all the other questions heavier than my little body. Much like the subject of this piece, I become her again, when I hold my childhood stuffed animal. Ever-present and pondering. 

London Pinkney, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Quilt

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