Fred Johnson Carousel, Johnson City, New York, one of six old carved carousels in the Binghamton metro area, known as the “carousel capital of the world.”
Jim Ross
Jim Ross jumped into creative pursuits in 2015 after a rewarding career in public health research. With a graduate degree from Howard University, he’s published nonfiction, fiction, poetry, photography, hybrid, interviews, and plays in 200+ journals on five continents in the past ten years. Best of the Net nominee in Nonfiction and Art, photo publications include Barnstorm, Blue Mesa, Burningword, Invisible City, Orion, Phoebe, Stonecoast, with Normal School forthcoming. Photo-essays include Burningword, Kestrel, Litro, NWW, Pilgrimage, Sweet, and Typehouse. His most recent interview, published by Terrain.org, was conducted with an artist. Jim’s family splits time between city and mountains.
She is a sophomore at Chadwick International School in Incheon, South Korea. She has a deep interest in photography as a means of capturing the essence of society through everyday events and human relationships. She uses her camera to explore the impact and benefits of social dynamics and behavior, focusing on how subtle interactions shape our world. Through careful attention to color, composition, and detail, she strives to tell unique visual stories that highlight the beauty and complexity of the ordinary. Her work invites viewers to pause and reflect on the often-overlooked moments of daily life.
He is a Year 11 student at Saint Paul Educational Institutions in Korea who enjoys capturing everyday moments through a cinematic lens. His work often focuses on ordinary landscapes and daily scenes, transforming them into visually atmospheric images. Beyond photography, he is interested in storytelling and visual narrative processes. He explores how images and moving visuals can convey mood and subtle narratives rather than direct explanations. He has a strong interest in photography, particularly landscape and everyday-life photography, as well as cinematic-style graphic video production. When creating visual work, he tends to gravitate toward abstract expressions rather than strictly representational forms, seeking to evoke emotions and interpretations rather than present literal subjects.
He is a Year 12 student at NLCS Jeju and an emerging young artist with a strong interest in architecture and design. His work reflects a curiosity about how spaces are used, experienced, and improved in everyday life. Often inspired by his school environment, he quietly observes overlooked or problematic areas and reimagines them through practical, creative proposals—such as redesigning the bicycle parking area for improved safety. Influenced by minimalist and functional design, he blends observation with thoughtful planning. He hopes to study architecture or design in the future to enhance urban spaces through innovative and efficient solutions.
Michael Hower is a digital photographer and artist based in Central Pennsylvania. Originally trained in drawing and painting, he transitioned to photography over a decade ago and has since exhibited in more than 150 juried exhibitions nationwide, receiving over 50 awards and publications. His work explores systems of control, abandonment, entropy, and the persistence of human voice within constrained spaces. He is the creator of The Infinite Panopticon, an ongoing combinatorial photographic project inspired by literary and architectural systems.
He is a student who explores natural elements and temporal change through photography. He investigates how unpredictable outcomes emerge when responsive elements—such as light, structure, wind, time, and physical force—interact with the natural element of water. Focusing on water’s continuous flow and its resistance to being fixed in a single form, the work captures fleeting moments that would otherwise disappear. Through photography, these moments are preserved as fragments of memory. By observing subtle shifts in movement, reflection, and surface tension, the images reveal how invisible changes accumulate over time, gradually transforming space. In this way, the portfolio presents water not only as a physical substance but as a medium through which time, interaction, and transformation become visible.
Featuring:
Issue 118, published April 2026, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and visual art by Carston Anderson, Jack Bordnick Studio, Kenneth Boyd, Brian Builta, Robin Carstensen, Max Cavitch, Suhjin Chey, Lucinda Cummings, Jason Davidson, Greg Freed, Sharon Goldberg, Dara Goodale, Jane Hammons, Caroline Hayduk, Ken Holland, Dylan Hong, Michael Hower, Greta Kaluževičiūtė, Brian Kim, Minjae Kim, Matt Leibel, Scott Nadelson, Rina Park, Scott Penney, Michael C. Roberts, Jim Ross, R James Sennett Jr, Mia Sitterson, Dawson Steeber, Travis Stephens, Daniel Thompson, Josje Weusten, and M. Brooke Wiese.
48 Pages, 6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm, Premium Color, 80# White — Coated, Perfect Bound, Glossy Cover
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