Digital Issue No. 7

The pursuit to fit in, attain acknowledgement, and find self-acceptance moves into a bracing new dimension.

Environmental harm contaminates the soul of the abusers and discolors the spirit of the abused.

A frenetic stream of consciousness brings vibrant clarity to an otherwise occluded, banal moment.

Cold, clinical discomfort; a soul screams as it is split in two.

With a steely resolve, the bereaved faces the bitter sorrows of life and the irrefutability of demise.

The meaning of the text can find itself surprisingly enhanced by the little missteps made along the way.

Wiley and unpredictable, the wronged rise and strike back.

Identification with a literary legend prompts a lucid renewal.

Tension between appearance and origin inform a cultural legacy.

Dignified curtsies in dark corners, empowering pirouettes atop threatening structures, liberating heel turns through unfriendly places.

Mysticism moves mountains as the land trundles over fragile feelings.

The trauma of the 2016 Presidential Election awakens dormant demons.

A rebellious, expressive fury kicks up a sandstorm in the desert.

Existential discontent reroutes and recovers.

Mark Elzey’s revelatory autobiography continues to make perspicacious and poignant connections.