A man wading through dark waters with cursive writing for ripples. The Short Story Priesthood Issue No. 56 Kyle PaolettaMarch 1
A shadow of a man’s face is splashed with a light green tint. Far from the Maddening Crowd Issue No. 56 Nathan GoldmanMarch 1
A blurry filter has been placed over the bear from the California flag. The bear is walking through flames. Behind it is a world map, so blurry that the continents seem more like blobs. California Elegy Issue No. 55 Ben EhrenreichJanuary 4
An anthropomorphized American flag has two eyes, one red and one blue. The leftmost eye, the blue eye, is crying. Hail to the Grief Issue No. 55 Jess BergmanJanuary 4
An hourglass is warped against a checkered background. The hands of a clock are in the foreground. Grief’s Anatomy Issue No. 55 Hanif AbdurraqibJanuary 4
A cartoonized stock market graph shoots upward. The Prosperity Hoax Issue No. 54 Tom StevensonNovember 8
A faucet in the clouds ekes out a droplet of water onto the ground. Monsoon Dread Issue No. 54 Alizeh KohariNovember 8
The collage of a plane made up of black and white Iranian photographs against a seafoam green background. Something Cataclysmic Every Week Issue No. 53 Habibe JafarianSeptember 7, 2020
A cutout of a woman’s neck and face is spliced onto a salmon pink background. A black isosceles triangle obscures part of her face. Who Keeps Us Safe? Issue No. 53 Maia HibbettSeptember 7, 2020
A collage of a floating arm holding a pencil beside strips of landscape photography, all set against a yellow background. Poetry Lessons from the Advanced in Age Issue No. 53 Michael HofmannSeptember 7, 2020
The letters of the word CRISIS are toppling pillars failing to hold up the roof of a classical building reminiscent of the Parthenon. Meditations in an Emergency Issue No. 52 Asad HaiderJuly 6, 2020