This issue is dedicated to Stevie Pohlman. Stevie was a Cancer Sun who loved her bed, the moon and doing war crimes. Her favorite poet was Alejandra Pizarnik, who authored many beautiful poems, including the collection Extracting the Stone of Madness, which inspired the name of this journal. Her band was called Mope Grooves. She was a genius and an angel. We hope she reads and loves this issue as much as we do. Stevie, this world misses you more with each passing day. Wherever you are, this is for you.

Veteran of the IDGAF War by Laura Anne Whitley
Chainlink by Harrison Hamm
the disturbing story of the dancing pig by Scott Moore
Beyond Grief, Inc. by al ann kifolo
Two Poems by Maud Acheampong
Southern Gothic Gay by D.G.
Two Poems by Sarah Michael
JELLYFISH DAUGHTER by Sari Richards
Swallow by Sara Yates
Harm Circle by Mateo Perez Lara
I’m injured but the voices in my head want me to dance, so dance we will! by Fizza Abbas
[Brown] by Mrityunjay
Two Poems by Brendan Williams-Childs
15 Lines of Active Consent by Iona Roisin
Two Poems by Maggie Von Sacher
Drano. For When the Bathroom Sink Won’t Drain. by Monroe
We’re Satanists Now by Colin Keating
THERE CAN BE NO ILL WITHOUT I by Haley Rose Guthrie
Cut, Snip, Stitch by S.E. Smyth
The Great Depression by Jonathan Fletcher
Open Slot by Noll Griffin
Bad Day by Rohan Paterson
A Chronicle of Melodies and Whispers by Daniel Orisaeke
mother’s requiem by Ran Brady
War Wakemare: Desensitization by L. Acadia
Different Kinds of Static by Gary Reddin
It’s Me and Dad in my Toyota Corolla, Except it’s Fifteen Years Later and He’s Not Here Right Now so I Play the Roles of Both of Us by Tommy Vidacovich Walker
Mango Man by Jude Armstrong
Aubaded by Cy March
Sex Dream by Jeremy Misfud
Holding Hands For A Corporate Team-Building Exercise With Somebody I’ve Never Spoken To Before by Shawn Rampaul
fruit bowl by Mollie Willow
Articulations of Performance by Noa Emi
home by Oumaima El Khaili
Goat in the National Gallery of Victoria by N Van der Haar
Sidewalk Offering by L.M. Vail

Reviews

Grahammie Get Your Gun: On I Have a Gun by Graham Irvin - Review by L Scully

If Hafiz Texts, You Answer: On Hafiz’s Little Book of Life, Made New by Erfan Mojib and Gary Gach - Review by Olivia Braley

In This Review…: On In This Car by Riley Mac - Review by L Scully

Get in Losers, We’re Reading Riley: On In This Car by Riley Mac - Review by Olivia Braley

Marie Antoinette Eats Cock for Breakfast: On Montana James Thomas’ Concerning the Dinner - Review by L Scully

A Full Spread: On Concerning the Dinner by Montana James Thomas - Review by Olivia Braley