Ever wonder how a poem with a Sasquatch could make you question time, permanence, and memory? Read Jared Beloff's "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him" in Issue 4. asteralesjournal.com/1-3-beloff-wil…

We were floored by this simple poem about the complexity of love. Read "An Old Friend Posts His Mother's Death" by Melissa Fite Johnson in Issue 4. asteralesjournal.com/1-3-johnson-ma…

Featured Artist Sandra Wilcoxon's delicate botanical watercolors floored us with their detail. Take a look at her work throughout Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-wilcoxon

Open for subs until September 15, and we're light on prose and art. We love short and long stories and all types of visuals. Send us your best!

Revel in the onrush of images in this poem about the past and identity by Meghan Sterling. Read "Spring is for Remembering" in Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-sterling-w…

This b&w photo is a story in and of itself. Check out "Italian Sea" by Rachel Turney in Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-trautman-t…

It's hard to find a completely original love poem that takes you on a journey. "Diminuendo" by John Paul Davis does just that. Read it in Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-davis-wilc…

What's on the inside? It could be fire. Check out this amazing collage work from Laurie Biggs Marshall in Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-johnson-ma…

This poem's narratives give us so much more than just anecdotes. Read Gail Martin's "And We Never Spoke of It" in Issue 4. asteralesjournal.com/1-3-martin-ben…

This still life has such color, movement, and surprise that we couldn't resist. Check out Carolee Bennett's Canary #1 in Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-martin-ben…

We're open until the 15th of September...poems, prose and visual art. (We are particularly short on prose and art, so send away!) asteralesjournal.com/submissions

There is so much mystery and wonder in this poem by Frances Klein. Read "How I Met My Deer Wife" in Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-klein-wilc…

Thrilled to announce our very first Best of the Net nominees! You can check them all out in our archive!

Issue Four is live! Excited to bring you this new work...

Delighted to feature in the new issue of asteralesjournal alongside so many wonderful poets, writers and artists. Huge thanks to the editors. 🥳

Relationships, music, poetry, and heavenly bodies interact and eclipse one another in this poem by Anthony Frame: asteralesjournal.com/1-4-frame-squi…

We were captured by this dizzy flash piece by Will Musgrove. Take a spin here: asteralesjournal.com/1-4-musgrove-v…

Put on your Doc Martens and take a hike with nostalgia and regret in this poem by Jill Kitchen: asteralesjournal.com/1-4-kitchen-ba…

The absurdity of waiting and the relief of knowing come together in this poem by Sarah Mills: asteralesjournal.com/1-4-mills-biggs

Read these two poems by Allison Blevins and travel through both the universe and the body, both mysterious and mostly out of our control. asteralesjournal.com/1-4-blevins-sq…