Transmutations: I was baptized in a bathtub with glitter
By Liz Scofield “I choose to believe in magic,” I say, “Why not? It’s as real and not real as anything else. As […]
Features
Slides and Relics
By Kerr Houston Let’s begin by imagining a scene. In a solemn, darkened chamber, an expectant crowd gazes upward. The general mood might […]
Little Happy Teeth Around the World – A Comic Travelogue
By Rylan Thompson Almost nine years ago, my wife Susan and I were married and set off on a six-month honeymoon around the world. […]
Color Meditations – A Reliquary
By Sue Fox Times are tough. Everything seems difficult and downright frustrating…politics, the environment, social media, traffic. The constant push to go faster, […]
What Can Never Be
By Raph Cornford You are not the institution you represent/attend/promote. You never will be. At best you have compromised with a failing system to […]
Dependencia y Revolución
By Maria McDowell My mother had just turned 15 when she left her family in Leon, Nicaragua, and boarded a Chicago-bound plane for […]
Love Letters I Write to My Self as Tiny Plastic Toy
by Liz Scofield To You, again, the Love That Kills Me, Heals Me, Loves Me Tender, Loves Me Brutal: The words We use […]
Guest Editor of Number 96: Laura Denzer
As guest editor of Number:96, one of Laura Denzer’s responsibilities was to develop its theme, dependency. Said Laura in the issue’s editorial, “I come to dependency as the […]
How to Make Bread
By Rose Harding Making bread is an homage to the infinite. It seems strange to give the humble loaf of bread such reverence, […]