Acts of Creation

Jo Saleska Lange

I have dreamt of giving birth to a child with six mouths, all of which are insatiably hungry, and of one with beady eyes on the tips of each of its fingers, which watch me wherever I go.

Woman sits at a table in a cellar by herself, looking at her phone. There is a red chair across from her and a red candle on the table.

The Effects of Collagen

Lucy Zhang

On Lan’s date with her first match on Tinder, Lan’s mother calls to tell her that hergrandpa had passed away in the hospital a few hours ago and they are flying to Shanghai for the funeral.

Stormy sky, large pine tree, and a house are seen through a rain-streaked window.

The Deaths

Anna Levy

It was an unbearably hot summer that year, and the fact that her mother could die in such weather was unsettling. Somewhere along the way, Lonnie figured she’d absorbed the idea that winter was the time for passing.

Close-up of a mouth in black and white

The Follower

Rita Szollos

She’s late. We’d planned a strenuous hike, but she’s wearing cowboy boots adorned with lace, poms, turquoise, and leather fringe.

 

Cover Art: “Series of Dreams 2019”

Waters Breedlove is an interdisciplinary Outsider Artist seeking truth and peace through the creative mind.