Author name: Anya Shen

Poetry Editor - Volume 66 (2023-2024)

Artistic depiction of a person wearing a witch's hat and a stopwatch earring

Beast

Illustration | Jennifer Fong Li Your body is going to be alright, because the Witch in the woods says so. The world is going to end. We all know that.  Gonna get stabbed in the heart by the Three of Swords. Gonna get the hell out when the conversation goes grim.  Crowds surging, because something

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Abstract illustration of a spell jar

Spell Jars

Illustration | Seavey van Walsum      “Put it in a jar and it’s a spell,” the saying goes.       Withered flowers for resurrecting memories that outlive the bouquet. Pebbles for conjuring a granola sunburn on rainy days in the city. I put everything in jars. This room that holds all my joy, all my fury, all my

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