HAPPY RELEASE DAY! 34 ORCHARD ISSUE 12 HAS LANDED!
Thrilled to announce that 34 Orchard Issue 12 is here!
The twenty artists in this issue wander the corridors of longing, which is often considered a yearning for a person, object, or location. But it can mean so much more—and sometimes be the loneliest, most isolating emotion in the human experience.
As the purported “most wonderful time of year” approaches, for those who long for anything at all, it might actually be the darkest.
Welcome to the house so empty your own voice comes back to haunt you.
Welcome to 34 Orchard.
Get your copy at https://34orchard.com/issue-12/ today!
Once again, the ToC:
Cover: The Reach – Brenna Monaghan Behel
Silent as a Fish– Megan Savage
Keepsake Box – Lynn Wiser
Dia De Los Muertos: from the Family Album, 1971– Celeste Pfister
The Empty Spaces Between the Stars – Maria Giannone
Stitches – F.C.E Ngwube
Quartz Contentment – Geoffrey Reiter
Thanksgiving, Reykjavik – Carolanna Lisonbee
Broken Pearls – Vonnie Winslow Crist
On Wanting On Needing – JJ Norris
Headcase – Scotty Milder
Note to a ghost – Mia Marion
What Kiki Kolby Paints – Ellen Graham
You Already Know How This Will End – Eleanor Lennox
The World of You – Evan H. Brisson
A Face Known – Pranav
November Lambs – Robbie Gamble
The Hermit – Annie Dunn Watson
Animals – Zina Mona
St. Xero – Logan McConnell
And just in time for the darkest days of November, my introductory essay is a true ghost story, so don’t miss it!
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