Category: 2025 Spring – Pieces of the Puzzle
Imbalances
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle, Poetry
By Sara Collie I am 10 or 11, navigating some pre-teen cusp of selfhood when the question rises up, engulfs me, troubling that long sunstroked lunch outside the Cornish pub under the looming cliffs where I watch the waitress...
Read MoreAROUND THE WORLD: RUSSIA – Cat Karim
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle, Around the World
By Ayman Eckford “He is so cute; can I pet him? Please?” Katrin, one of the coordinators of Saint...
Read MoreEditors’ Note
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle, Editor's Note
The theme of this issue is “Pieces of the Puzzle.” Readers were asked to reflect on formative...
Read MoreWhat Is This Feeling? An Ode to Wicked
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle
By Mage Hadley It has been hard to ignore the musical Wicked this year with the release of Part...
Read MoreFriday Nights
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle
By Gabriela Gioia When I was a child I lived in Florencio Varela, a small city in Argentina two...
Read MoreFabric Art – Abstract No. 19
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle
By Jo-Anne Carlson Artist statement: This is a fiber piece, made with various types of yarn and...
Read MoreVoyeurism
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle, Poetry
By K. Olivia Overton Channel 62 at 2:00 a.m. features naked ladies and a man’s voice that guarantees the second DVD free sent in discreet packaging if you call now. Their shiny skin and soft cries made her tummy tickle like when...
Read MoreBadass and Full of Sass
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle
By Janie Kang There she was. Her glowing, smooth skin reflected the early morning sun. Her dark...
Read MorePretty Girls, Fandom, and My Path from Uncertainty to Self-Acceptance
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle
By Julia Barnes-Brown When I sat down to write this piece, I started by thinking through my...
Read MoreDavid Lynch Died Today
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle
By Darby Swab In college, a “Tumblr famous” girl lived in the same dorm as me. I’ll tell the truth...
Read MoreClosing My Eyes
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle, Poetry
By Natalie Schriefer I remember not the paperwork mounding on my desk, staff stretched thin with...
Read MoreTwenty-Five Years Later and the Hex Girls Can Still Get It
Mar 1, 2025 | 2025 Spring - Pieces of the Puzzle
By Gretchen Uhrinek “With this little cobweb potion You’ll fall into dark devotion If you ever...
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