Forces
Volume 2026 (2026)
Complete Issue
Drawings
Late Nights
Bylee Boyd
Lukewarm Episodes
Numa Nazeem
Other Worldly Pondering
Numa Nazeem
Photographs
A Quiet Thought in Yosemite
Emanuel Santos Bacordo
Alchemist’s Palette
Fatima Tu Zahra
Beauty of Life
Georgia K. McCaughan
Burnt Orange Sky
Jessika Hughes
Cowboy’s Jumprope
Katherine E. Coronado
Cruising Legacy West
Ann Tilger
Exhilaration
Gilbert Hu
Galapagos Saddleback Tortoise
Deborah Cardenas
Lava Cactus of the Galapagos
Deborah Cardenas
Life in Unexpected Conditions
Leilani Lau
Lost in Freedom
Adewale Kolawole
Manmade Beauty
Macey L. Loureiro
Natural Affection
Christopher Munchmeyer
Nature is the Beauty of the World
Nishita Balamurali
No Right Turn
Karen Stepherson
Nostalgic Memories
Sahasra Guda
Painted Skies
Charlie S. Tuzzolino
Peaches on a Silver Platter
Bernadette Dozier
Red Among Green
Bernadette Dozier
Reflections
Jayna Burch
Set Dive Score
Camryn R. Fredrickson
Tender Light Through the Leaves
Gilbert Hu
Texas Sunset in October
Clay Anderson
The Beauty of the Taj Mahal
Abraham Arra
The Koi Between the Trees
Katherine Huang
The Rift Between
Abigail Garcia
The Unsaid
Jordan Bradberry
Up, Up and Away Reimagined
Ann Tilger
Views from the Ship
Jessika Hughes
Vintage Beauty
Jayna Burch
Poems
A March Morning
Barkha Sejwal
Abstinence
Lily J. Turner
An Empty Husk
Edward Liu
An ode to the unseen
Billy Smith
Being a Writer
Jessika Hughes
Bottles then the Morning
Oliver R. Smith
Cloud Painting
Sabrina Rahman
Demon of the Deep
Ethan M. Armstrong
Flower Shaped Box
Jonathan Miranda
Flowers That Sell
Ava G. Santillan
Grieving for a Dying Star
Lillian E. Brogan
I Held A Dying Thing In My Arms
Kealy S. Mayton
In Your Words
Maliakah Ali
internal dialogue
Michelle Cepelak
January 2nd (Loneliest Day of the Year)
Maliakah Ali
Knight of Cups
Sabrina Rahman
Moonlit Lake
Lillian E. Brogan
My Child Is Off
Ethan M. Armstrong
My Childhood
Abdullah M. Abubakar
Question Marks
Mirabelle D. Wolfe
Reflection
Elizabeth Moore
Silver Linings
Seema Endley
Stand Tall
Sophia Gozlan
Summertime
Veronica Green
Tenant of A Strange Inheritance
Billy Smith
The Man in the Corner
Nick Adair
The Miles Between
Jonathan Miranda
The Mind as Cosmos
Billy Smith
The Only Way Forward
Michelle Cepelak
The Untranslatables
Sabrina Rahman
Short Stories
Are You an Organ Donor?
Nia Dillard
Cave Painters
Marcus Tsai
Out of the Charmed Circle
Josiah Sanchez
The Decision
Charles "Keith" David
The Little Red Coat
Halie L. McCandless
Ceramic Art
Ceramic Turtle Jewelry Dish
Rida Rabbani
The Baphrog Lounger
Maria Carrillo
Sculpture
Lux in Tenebris
Ava Dinh
Man Made Eden
Ava Dinh
Painting
Beauty is Truth - Truth is Beauty
Gary Wilson
Carnation Pink
Sabrina Rahman
Extra Credit
Rebecca Archer
Sapphire Reverie, Amethyst Crown
Nichole D. Knight
When Life Gives Ya Lemons
Sabrina Rahman
Essays
Introduction
Sean Ferrier-Watson and George Neal
My SOS-Dishwasher
Jiajing Chen
The Blue Crayon
Sophie N. Brotherton
The Grandchildren and The Memories
Viona A. Diorga
The Room Corner:
A Kind of Loneliness
Chengcheng Tian
The Weight of Words
Tyra Crawford
To Grandmother’s House We Go
Ryan Farrar
What Rings True
Austen L. Barnes
Editors
- Prose and Poetry Editor
- Dr. Sean Ferrier-Watson
- Art Editor
- Professor George Neal