Winter 2025

Lucid

Lucid, the word has a delicious duality; it somehow feels both blurry and familiar. There’s a relatability to bringing awareness to your own lucidity and also a lot to analyze. As we read the submissions, we discovered that trying to examine the human experience with precision often brought us to places of greater blurriness. That was satisfying. What, if not being more confused after seeking clarity, is more representative of what it feels like to exist in this world?

Nonfiction shines in this issue, which is surprising because it’s typically our popular submission category. We love this because it naturally became a perfect expression of the theme.