Selen Ozturk’s flash “Cancer” looks pain dead in the face, refuses to blink. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Jill Kitchen’s poem “in a parallel universe, there is nothing i cannot do” uses a gorgeous cascade of language to open a portal into a different state of being. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Ciara Alfaro’s essay “Beauty Mark” catalogues the way the female body is expected to move, to perform, to please, to disappear. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Daisuke Takakura’s artwork “Cerulean Whirlwinds” captures movement and possibility in a space between the real and the imagined. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

Sasha Brown’s flash “Catching Babies” is a delightfully terrifying romp full to the brim with spontaneously generated new humans. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

Nini Berndt’s flash “Wingdings” aches and yearns for something, tries to close a fist around what’s missing. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Vanessa Blakeslee’s story “Patient X” opens questions about death, care, and our sense of reality. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.