Issue #55 – Call for Submissions

Not just dirt as mess, but dirt as method, material, and metaphor.

March 5, 2026

We are looking for short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, and photography that explore all the dirty things we’re told to scrub away… and what happens when they stick around.…

Featured Reviews

Controlling the Center Line: Pick a Colour and Intimacy in the Ring

Taylor Preston |

February 27, 2026

In their work, the salon women float like butterflies and sting like acetone. Discussing her new novel in an interview with Publishers Weekly, Thammavongsa highlighted a quote from the poet Jan Zwicky: “work can carry you the way love can, …

Karora

Featured Poetry

the horizon

Taylor Preston |

February 21, 2025

What do you see beyond the horizon?
Does water wail in a mirror's cloud?
Is the cliffside cottage alive then,
When heaven...