“transmutation altar :: winter & transmutation altar :: lust” by N. Goth
N. Goth is a desert rat who lives and writes in Tucson, AZ. Her chapbook Aluminum Necropolis was published by horse less press in 2016. Photography by Matt Montella.
“Birthday Poem with Saturn and Eight of Swords” by Sarah Stockton
Sarah Stockton lives in Southern California, where she writes and teaches middle school. Illustration by Andy Lyon.
“please answer in your own time” by Meg Matthias
Meg Matthias is a multi-genre writer whose work can be found in Rookie, Indiana Review, and more. Photo art by Miles Marsico.
“Bone Spurs” by Adam Stutz
Adam Stutz is is the co-managing editor of 1913 Press and the co-curator of the Non-Standard Lit Reading Series. Photo art by Rebecca Peloquin.
“Fertile Devices” by Frannie Comstock
Frannie Comstock is a poetess/comedienne/whatever-the-patronizing-feminine-version-of-writer-is. Photo art by Rebecca Peloquin.
“Brutalist Elegy” by Colton McLaughlin
Colton McLaughlin recently graduated from Alvernia University with BA in English. He now resides and works in Washington, D.C. Illustration by Andy Lyon.
“objectum sexual” by Danielle Damico
Danielle Damico is a video artist and mother of 16 house plants. She lives and works in Baltimore, MD. Artwork by David Rodriguez
“fucked-up hashtags in bloom” by AJ Urquidi
AJ Urquidi is a heterogeneous poet of Monterey, Los Angeles, and NYC. His writing has appeared in various journals, including Faultline, Verdad, Chiron Review, and Foothill. A Gerald Locklin Writing Prize winner, AJ is co-founder of online journal indicia and has led workshops at Cal State Long Beach and Beyond Baroque.
Terrible Librarian by Yvonne Amey
Yvonne Amey is a poet and artist living in Orlando, Florida. Her poems, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in Vine Leaves Journal, The Cypress Dome, and The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles. Artwork by Ariel Kessler.
untitled poem series by LM Rivera
LM Rivera lives in Santa Fe, NM. His chapbook THE LITTLE LEGACIES is available from Glo Worm Press and his first full-length book, The Drunkards, is forthcoming from Omnidawn. Artwork by Tamsen Wojtanowski.
Finding Nature in the City by Laura Buccieri
Laura Buccieri is a poet living in NYC. Her chapbook, On Being Mistaken, is forthcoming in 2017. Artwork by Jack Felice.
“from Estivation Offerings” by Lauren Eggert-Crowe
Lauren Eggert-Crowe is the author of four poetry chapbooks, most recently Bitches of the Drought, finalist in the Sundress Publications 2016 Chapbook Competition. Photos by Brianna Burke.