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By Taylor Blue Editor's Note: We recently published this artist's illustration to accompany the short story, "The Unseen Moth's Ballet."  Artist StatementAs an illustrator, I always seek a narrative in my art. I've always been fascinated with the strange and misunderstood archetypes of folktales: witches, goblins, ghosts. The icons of a child's nightmare. I believe our inner child doesn't die when we enter adulthood; it's simply buried and forgotten. My ultimate goal as an artist is to unearth our lost fantasies and fears, and tell a story through graphic imagery, no matter how simple or complex.
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 Editor's Note: This piece was previously published in the pacific REVIEW from San Diego State University Press. You can hear the author read it in this video. In New York, you’re always looking at two levels: ahead and below. Ahead so you don’t bump into a human or a kabob cart or a building and below so you don’t step in dog shit. The Monday before Thanksgiving, I was hustling to work, hopping over dog shit, used condoms, and spilled Jamaican takeout on my way to the subway. I was late again, but at least I was wearing sneakers. I was also wearing my typical aspiring novelist attire, and probably appeared a little hungry because of it.
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By Marina Rubin Editor's Note: This piece was first published in Mudfish, Issue 19, in November 2016.  She was laid out across a giant loveseat at the top of the hill, naked, voluptuous, almost porcelain, with an orchid in her hair and a dark choker, shocking against her white skin. A black cat with a ferocious raised tail was crouching at her feet.
“She is so sensual,” Lily whispered in awe, taking a panoramic photo of the statue. “Olympia is the crown jewel of the entire collection,” Katina nodded, looking up from the Sculpture Garden brochure. “Done after a painting by Edouard Manet, it hangs at The Musée d'Orsay. Supposedly the cat is some kind of a phallic symbol.” The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Editor's Note: This piece previously appeared in Paragon Journal and Ash Tales.  Anders is crying.
His face remains composed, not a single twitch, but his eyes are shining. All around her people are sniffling, some even sobbing and making a scene, but it’s Anders who stands out. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
 In the Kingdom of Absecon, there was a king who always told the truth, and a queen who always lied. If this sounds problematic, rest assured it was—but only for everyone else. Between themselves, King Ted and Queen Robyn were able to make it work, like the Knight and Knave in a logic puzzle whose cryptic utterances combine, somehow, to create meaning.
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 9 in x 12 in, watercolors on mixed media paper Artist StatementA self-taught and self-seeker of the arts, I began my artistic journey with sketching random people in the subway in 2011. I delighted in watercolors and some grid measurements when I began making art. It gives me thrills to scribble a random subway rider who is listening to music or reading a book. I gravitate towards water elements and themes, as well as dancers. I truly believe that art is my expression of inner anxiety and excitement. It brings me a sense of serenity to express myself through my hands and the tools that I hold them with.
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A performance of "Monster Plans," a zany one-act comedy as performed in February of 2020 at Long Island City's The Secret Theatre in New York.
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 Artist StatementNature is the most powerful force on earth, inspiring awe and wonder into those that see its works. Night and day may pass, and people come and go with rising and setting suns. The forces of nature creates and destroys and shapes the world over the course of centuries and millenniums. The human connection with nature is complex. We possess the power to move mountains and shift land at will. But we also firsthand experience its undeniable power in various forms. Yet both humans and the geology we interact with are nature. There is grace in the workings of the world. It's impossible to incapsulate the fullness of it all in one photo, but at least we can create a window, a snapshot in time, of what a single moment feels like in person.
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By Ian Woolen  Gail’s new phone rang in the check-out line at Hannaford, and she wasn’t sure what to do. Or even how to answer it. Oh, golly. She’d owned this mysterious gadget for only a few days. Her daughter, Rose, and the visiting nurse had forced her to get one and made her promise to carry it in her purse. Something about safety and knowing her location if she got lost again.
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By Rebel Tipton  Lady Internet, 2020, Digital Artist Statement Being a woman on the internet can really suck. Sure, it's glittery and innovative with more opportunities than we could have dreamed of, but it also comes with being bombarded by hostility against femininity and our right to exist. Don't forget the gaslighting and seeing famous men be forgiven over and over again for things that a woman would be damned for doing. As much as I would like to say to all of the women and femmes out there that I hope you can relate to this, I really, really hope you don't. |
