Issue #1

non-fiction

Edited by Jacklyn Yee and Raaz Rashtian


“Daytona Beach, 1950”

by Lori Horvitz

Lori Horvitz’ personal essays have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including Epiphany, The Laurel Review, Hobart, Chattahoochee Review, The Guardian, and Hotel Amerika and North Dakota Quarterly. She has been awarded writer-in-residence fellowships from Yaddo, Cottages at Hedgebrook, VCCA, Ragdale, Blue Mountain Center and Brush Creek. Professor of English at UNC Asheville, Horvitz is the author of the memoir-essay collection, The Girls of Usually (Truman State UP).



“A Fruit Shaped Fruit”

by Sam LaBelle

Sam LaBelle is a Cape Cod raised, queer, artist and writer. His writing has been published in The Main Sheet and The Cape Cod Poetry Review. His artwork has been displayed at The Higgins Gallery and The Provincetown Art Association Museum. He currently lives in Fairhaven and can often be found in the woods, searching for mushrooms.

Instagram: @rainbowunicorndreamkitty

Twitter: LaBelleSam



“Tourist or Traveler: A Pilgrim's Progress”

by Mike Dillon

Mike Dillon lives in Indianola, Washington, a small town on Puget Sound northwest of Seattle. He is the author of four books of poetry and three books of haiku. Several of his haiku were included in "Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years," from W.W. Norton (2013). His most recent book, “Departures: Poetry and Prose on the Removal of Bainbridge Island’s Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor,” was published by Unsolicited Press in April 2019. A chapbook, “The Return,” is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in March 2021.



“At the Reservoir”

by Anna Oberg

Anna Oberg is a professional photographer based in Estes Park, Colorado. When she's not arranging family portraits with the perfect view of Long's Peak as backdrop, she focuses on writing tiny memories and small stories. She has been published in Cleaver Magazine, Burningword Literary Journal, Causeway Lit, The Maine Review, Wanderlust: A Travel Journal, and HerStry blog.



"Surviving the College Renter's Experience"

by Sara Quenzer

Sara Quenzer graduated from Washington State University (May 2020) with degrees in creative writing and journalism. Currently, Sara is an associate writer for Hallmark Cards.