Meryl Quinn Kernell

AM Larks

"I am usually the one in control, the one working, the one in charge of someone else’s life, their body, and appearance. But here at Singapore Electric, Cheng is taking charge of my body, my appearance, my life."

Sanne Bergh

"The most remote places are difficult because they capture our energy in the most delightful way; there is no room to capture much else. And I prefer it that way."

Sanne Bergh

"The phase of deliberation: the most spectacular fact I know about Earth is that she’s resilient."

Sanne Bergh

"In these moments in time, I don’t matter. To be insignificant in the scope of it all is my empowerment."

Sanne Bergh

"His patch didn’t necessarily have the power to do anything to me, but his thinking did. I felt more threat in the wild because of his patch than any other predator in the backcountry."

Maia McPherson

"She is hungry / her son is hungry her husband / is hungry so they sit at the table / and blink at each other / over quick-boiled pasta / and jar sauce."

N.M. Campbell

"The line went dead, and Gertrude slumped in her chair. She looked out the window, sighing. The leaves turned as the skies darkened over the Capitol."

Katie Humphries

"She paddled backwards some more, making space, hoping the gator would not notice, but its mossy, knobby skull and snout were now fully above the water. They looked at each other once more."