Cover Art: "Era of the End" by Ronald Walker
Editor-in-Chief
Achilles Seastrom
Art Editor
Ben Trickey
Assistant Editor
Liana Martin
Art Assistant Editor
Ty Ratzlaff
Poetry Editor
Riley O’Mearns
Fiction Readers
Ashlyn Kulberg, Jessica Moore
Nonfiction Editor
Joshua Konecke
Nonfiction Reader
Ademola Adefolami
Nonfiction Assistant Editor
Fereshteh Majdi
Social Media Manager
Natalie Liptak
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Kimball Smith
Editor’s Note
Beginnings always find me poised and uncertain on the brink. The knowledge that it is time to move and also that I have no idea how share intimate space in my mind. As we, the 2022-2023 Touchstone masthead, face the end of the semester and our final Touchstone publication, it seems to me that we should be looking towards a beginning. Beginnings are also where we find the thoughts of this issue’s essays, stories, poems, and art…
Poetry
Editor’s Picks:
"Duplex: Origins" by D. Dina Friedman
Editor’s Picks:
"Emily as Rabbit Fur" by Darren C. Demaree
David B. Prather
Just as Depression Starts to Let Up
Sierra Duffey
Cactus
Lawrence Bridges
Turnover
Lisa Delan
Yom Kippur
Dwaine Rieves
Jamboree
Jacqueline Goldfinger
Gospel on the Radio
Fiction
Editor’s Pick:
“Kite” by Robert Stone
Hunter Prichard
Alexandria
Carmelinda Scian
A Silver Jaguar
Nonfiction
Editor’s Pick:
“Kathy kay” by Megan Saunders
Art
Touchstone Undergraduate Creative Writing Awards
2023 Runners-up:
2023 Winners:
Poetry
“The first born daughter explores her sense of self” by totty norwood
Poetry
“first love” by abi Whitney
Fiction
“Metal Bones Break Too” by Abi Whitney
Fiction
“Drop-off Lane” by Nichole Maryse
Nonfiction
“Answered Call” by Whitney Mills
Nonfiction
“Confidentiality Agreement between H. Company and the Recipient” by Dawn