We’re excited to announce the release of our second journal edition!

 

Continuing the creative momentum from our 2025 Summer Edition, this fall, we’ve done our best to find short stories, flash fiction, poems, and artworks that are truly a breath of fresh air. In a world that is increasingly devaluing art for art’s sake, we tried to compile works that are simply a celebration of life, beauty, and raw emotion.

 

As always, the poems we have accepted encompass works from all over the world. The selected poems, stories, and artworks feature a diverse range of voices and styles, all representing the authentic truths outlined in their arrangement. We’re continually blown away by the support we have received and the number of submissions we’re entrusted with. The pieces we have been sent are genuinely delightful, and we thoroughly enjoyed reviewing all of them.

 

This edition includes both new and experienced writers and artists. It spans themes of home and higher purpose. It explores messages of forgiveness and appreciation. Each piece has something new to say and another person’s story to tell. The short stories have throughlines of enjoying life’s simple pleasures, while the poems are connected by their shared examination of the world around us and internal trials.

 

We’re eternally grateful for all of the talented authors and artists who went out of their way to submit their pieces to our anthology. We’d like to thank you for the time and talent you have contributed to make this journal possible. We’d also like to thank all of the volunteers and staff readers who helped us in the selection process for creating this edition. We hope that all of you will enjoy this edition and find something worthwhile in the contained works.

 

Sincerely,

 

Helen Anderson

Editor-in-Chief