February 2022

Artwork·Sage Millen

Artwork·Jay Nimchonok

Poetry·Pei-Ying Olsen, age 9 — A young musician experiences how playing music transforms perception, turning static moments into flowing streams and city streets into moon-lit landscapes.

Poetry·Pei-Ying Olsen, age 9 — A mysterious sound transforms cursed grounds into a place of beauty, paralyzing yet awakening the speaker through its symphonic power.

Story·T. Max Crowe, age 12 — A lonely man in ancient Greece trades his dog to a god to resurrect his dead son, but Hades punishes him for breaking the laws of death.

Artwork·Aspen Clayton

Artwork·Aaron D’Souza

Story·Eric Zhuang, age 10 — A Mars colonist on the verge of quitting discovers microbial life when his resignation form accidentally hits the wrong target, triggering a life detector.

Artwork·Leticia Cheng

Poetry·Peter Shuster-Raizberg, age 7 — A young poet's repetitive meditation on the strangeness and nothingness of cactuses, built through simple observations and circular phrasing.