Peatsmoke

FLASH

Featuring work by Kelli Short Borges, K.M. McCorkendale, Aaron Rabi nowitz, Mario Aliberto III, Benjami n Brindise, W ill Mus grove, Jane O 'Sullivan, & Melanie Mag gard

Alt text: Painting of a person with various shapes for a face reading a book under a spotlight in a purple room with windows. Outside the windows are swirls of color, some of which are entering the room — F iction

Featuring work by Sammi Ch iyao, Tara Isabel Z ambran o, & S ofia (Sof) Sears

Sculpture of a person's head that is severely cut into several times, leaving a large gap, causing some of the clay to fall away — Po etry

Featuring work by A man da Chiado, S arah Burke, Louie Leyson, Sull ivan Jordan, L ane Devers, Elena Zha ng, & Eric Roy

Nonfi ction

Featuring work by Rachel Dorn, Emily Alexander, Phosph or E mer y Alethes, & Heidi Davidson-Drexel

Banner art

“Yeye (Ships That Sailed)” by Ara Deinde

Ara Deinde is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Ibadan, Nigeria. Born in Lagos, Ara became interested in art from a young age, spending his time doodling in his school notebooks. He uses diverse mediums to reflect on themes of identity, migration, memory and fantasy.

Flash art

“Erasure: July and I Discuss Creative Differences” by Robb Kunz.

Robb Kunz hails from Teton Valley, Idaho. He received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Idaho. He currently teaches writing at Utah State University and is the Art and Design Faculty Advisor of Sink Hollow: An Undergraduate Literary Journal. His art has been published in Peatsmoke Journal, Red Ogre Review, Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine, and New Delta Review. His art is upcoming in Whisper and Roars, Glassworks Magazine, and the NonBinary Review.

Fiction art

“For Dad, For Daughter” by Ara Deinde.

Poetry art

“The Divide” by Aleksandra Scepanovic.

Aleksandra Scepanovic's journey to sculpture began in socialist Yugoslavia in the 1980s. Her professional path traversed the realms of archaeology, war zones during the 1990s Balkans conflict and interior design in NYC. Celebrating the bravery of continuation, snippets from her past inspire Aleksandra's artistic spirit. Today, Aleksandra collaborates with a collective of sculptors in her studio in Woodstock, NY (@atelierwdstk_hudsonvalley). Her sculptural work underscores Aleksandra's experience of migratory displacement and an enduring quest for a true likeness of identity, suspended between war, peace, and culture.

nonfiction

"Hope For Tomorrow" by David Avila.

Having experienced psychosis as a teen, later diagnosed with schizophrenia, David Cleofas Avila (He/Him) writes and makes art & music in order to better square away the sequelae of life. He has earned a B.A. in psychology and lives as an expatriate.