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Who made it? Issue #16

Who made it?

March 2022 | Issue #16

With “Winter Solstice 2021” by Nate Maxson

“Politik” by Coldplay.
Count Argutinsky crossing the Caucasian range, 1892, oil on canvas, 126 x 199 cm, by Franz Robaud.

With “We Will Not March Back” by Joy Gaines-Friedler

Duet, a short film  about ballet and women, featuring Yasmine Naghdi and Beatriz Stix-Brunell dancing a pas-de-deux.

With “Last Responder” by Kristen Roach

“Close-up of hands moving slowly to hold each other” by Beautiful Relaxation.

Acknowledgments

Illustration of multiple earths by geralt via Pixabay.

3D rendering of floating cement staircase by Antonio Solano via Bigstock.

Background photo of carnival ride by ElleJayeDee via Pixabay. Photoshopped by Cheryl Wilder.

Photo of white lotus by HaHa169 via Wikicommons. Photoshopped by Cheryl Wilder.

Background photo of flower decoration made from bullet metal by EM80 vis Pixabay.

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Who made it? Issue #15

Who made it?

February 2022 | Issue #15

With “Take Me Back” by Ayelet Amittay

“Our Forests Timelapse in Google Earth” by Google Earth.
“Morning Dew” by Bonnie Dobson.

With “Last Chance in 53” by Jeanne Julian

“Traveling Alone” by Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires.
painting of a pirate sitting slumped on a desolate beach, his head is down by his knees, hands wrapped around his knes
Marooned, (1909), oil on canvas, 101.6 cm x 152.4 cm, by Howard Pyle.

With “Release and Hold Harmless” by Lucy Wilde

“Thought of You” by Ryan Woodward.

Acknowledgments

Photo of barn by Cheryl Wilder.

Photo of mother and child roadside by Johann Walter Bantz via unsplash. Photoshopped by Cheryl Wilder.

Photo of woman standing at window by Jan Canty via unsplash.

Background photo of sky full of floating lanterns by Leon Contreras via unsplash.

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From the Editors | Issue #15

February 2022

From the Editors

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life. —Erica Jong

It takes courage to live even a small, unnoticed life, yes. But we learn to source that courage almost everywhere. Navigating simple pleasures and stark realities is what makes a life. In Issue 15, we connect with such pleasures and realities throughout what feels like a linked collection of hint-stories. We think Ayelet Amittay’s “Taking Me Back” is all about that “hollow open mouth,” but there are other images that inspire different kinds of story. The five bits of narrative in Jeanne Julian’s “Last Chance in 53” are through-and-through stark, yet richly imaged reality. With its series of snapshots over the life of a marriage, Lucy Wilde’s “Release and Hold Harmless,” about the contract we make when we agree to love and lose, completes the collection. Her piece is soaked in heartache but reminds us throughout of why the ache is worth it.

—Claire, Suzanne, Cheryl

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Who made it? Issue #14

Who made it?

January 2022 | Issue #14

With “idiopathic” (my life has been the medieval military exercise of tilting at a quintain) by Ron Riekki

“Let’s Blast! – Industrial Explosives During Blasting” by Clickmind.
engraving of Christ's head with a single, continuous undulating spiral line over the whole image
The Sudarium of Saint Veronica (1649) by Claude Mellan.

With “Movement” by Ace Boggess

“Happy” by Pharrell Williams.

With “Greenwich Origin Story” by Joanna Theiss

“Mad World” by Michael Andrews.
white egret with wings spread out to hover over prey in dark water and overexposed background
Photo of egret by Rex Wilder.

Acknowledgments

Photo of snake eating its tail at Quora.

Illustration that captures Dance of the Planets at Department of Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis.

Background photo of Mardi Gras mask by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography at Unsplash.

“10 of the Sneakiest, Most Conniving Animals in the World” by Carly Brooke at Featured Creature.

Background photo of young girl’s shadow by Kathas_Foto at Pixabay.