by Tony Schanuel
how to fall into a supermassive black hole, or ode to the girl who stood on a maryland street & shouted “silver springs can suck two dicks”
on answering an ad for space travel, or to name a heaven you must first taste its fruit
when Daryl Hall sings “you’re a rich girl, & you’ve gone too far”
astronomia nova, or you need not rush your hand over her to know gravity by her most primal name
An avid introvert, full-time carbon-based life-form and pop music scholar, Ashley Cline (she/her) crash-landed in south Jersey some time ago and still calls that strange land home. A Best of the Net 2020 finalist, her poetry has appeared in 404 Ink, Okay Donkey, and Parentheses Journal—among others—and her debut chapbook, & watch how easily the jaw sings of god, is available now (Glass Poetry Press, 2021). Once, in the summer of 2019, she crowd-surfed an inflatable sword to Carly Rae Jepsen, and her best at all-you-can-eat sushi is 5 rolls in 11 minutes. Twitter: @the_Cline. Instagram: @clineclinecline.
Tony Schanuel is an award-winning photographer and visual artist who has fused a professional background in photography, digital technology, and painting and mark making to create fine art that transcends those mediums. His work has been featured in Digital Imaging Magazine, Computer Graphic Magazine, Wild Heart Journal, St. Louis Design Magazine, and is a featured artist in Cyber Palette and Extreme Graphics, two books showcasing digital artists and their work. He has exhibited at the Florence Biennale and his art is held in private and corporate collections including the Fine Arts Museum of Houston permanent photographic collection.