Orpheus - Issue XLII - 2025
CONTRIBUTORS
Poetry
Omar Ahumada
Two Peas in a Pod
Cassandra Allen
My Sunshine Isn’t Real
Amber Assi
Elizabeth (In Remembrance of WW2 Survivors.)
Adrian Benitez
The Paradox of Healing
Matthew Besoyan
Sitting on its Shelf
Autumn Bohannon
Space Junk
Kariya Chiang
May Third
Isaac Chipres
At Ease
Little Soldier Boy
Kyoungran Cho
Thank You Today, too
Madison Darwish
Death of the coast. Velella velella, By-the-Wind Sailors
Jelly’s Toast
Haru Deguchi
Even from after
Teagan Faulkenburg
The Night of Different Creatures
Olive Garrison
Siquu Gado Hadisgo
Venessa Graves
I see you
Love in Black Tea
Heather Hansen
Mom
No Means NO!
Dallas Hensley
God’s Blind Poet
Penny Lanae
Three Days Untold
Madysen Lovejoy
The Blaze of My Sorrow
Eris J. M. Melo
texas, hold these hearts
Brit Melson
What a Garden Cannot Mend
Daniel Meyer
The Wood Carver
Jazmine Nicole Pena Cortez
Freesia
Matthew Phengdy
BRING DOWN THE SKY
Joel Plascencia Jr.
He Is Not Your Savior
Dylan Prewett
All You Need Is Love
Eternal Love
Remy
Heaven is a Her
Sophie Rosander
M.A.S.K.
Rolling the Die
Antt Stomen (Simon Cabrera)
Collection Basket
Priscila Tijerina
The Face
Eri Tomioka
Survival
Ngan Thi Kim Tran (Julie)
Viet Nam
Bintou Traore
Sincere Friendship
Olivia Vega
heliotrope at sunrise
Nursemaid’s Song
Art
Kirstin Coleman
Life, a balancing act
Presence
Gabriela Esparza
Duality
Madre Patria
Lauren Esqueda
Ramco
unfortunate cowgirl
Teagan Faulkenburg
Weaving Ends
With Your Head in My Hands
Heather Hansen
Act 1: The Illusion of Freedom
Cyber Slave
Jay Harris
Clara Valentine
Valentine Vamps
Xiomara Herrera
Uncover
Josue Mendoza
The Fall of Kaon
V Synthesis Prototype
Sarai Lara Ontiveros
First Encounter
One Last Song
Benjamin Parsons
Legacy of a Thousand Souls — Cover Art
The Cotton Seeds of Buttonwillow
Joel Plascencia Jr.
I, Forgotten
Remy
Red Spider Lily to Sakura Blossom
Anna Rinaldi
Crimson Snowfall in Technicolor
Strawberry Short Circuit
Evelyn Rodriguez
Gas Station Daisies. Big Sur, California, 2021.
Sea Cave. Arch Cape, Oregon, 2024.
Samanta Samano Calderon
Obligados a Cambiar
Obligados a Cambiar
Asmaa Shidawa
Loki - One piece (Eiichiro Oda)
Rose teapot
Skye
Monster
Jessica Torres
JWD: Showdown
Creative Nonfiction
Amber Assi
Three Life Lessons: Biology as My Teacher
Alli Berry
Mo(u)rning Routine
Alex Biternas
When You Consider This Winter
Brayden Cales
Contemporary
Mariam Dalqamouni
Stressed on a Lab Bench
Mehak Dixit
Finding Home Within
Teagan Faulkenburg
The View from Deerfield
Isaias Romero
A Sneaker Head’s Walk Towards Freedom
Jhsmari Santos
The Imposter Test
Quiana Llanin Sevilla Esparza
The View of Guadalajara’s Downtown
Bianca Villalobos
Experiences of where words fail, music speaks
Short Stories
Crystal Arredondo
Peachy
Lori Bagala-De Marco
Of Her Own Design
Matthew Besoyan
Echoes of Life
Tristin Bryant
Fool Me Twice Shame On Me
Alyssa Flores
The Bird Cage
Penny Lanae
The Withering of a Sunflower
Matthew Phengdy
Elwin’s Beginning
Drama & Film
Omar Ahumada
Wherever You Want Me to Be
Jacob Atlai Cota
What Now?
Miguel Juarez Garcia
Chronicles of Astris
Omar Ahumada
Two Peas in a Pod
Cassandra Allen
My Sunshine Isn’t Real
Amber Assi
Elizabeth (In Remembrance of WW2 Survivors.)
Adrian Benitez
The Paradox of Healing
Matthew Besoyan
Sitting on its Shelf
Autumn Bohannon
Space Junk
Kariya Chiang
May Third
Isaac Chipres
At Ease
Little Soldier Boy
Kyoungran Cho
Thank You Today, too
Madison Darwish
Death of the coast. Velella velella, By-the-Wind Sailors
Jelly’s Toast
Haru Deguchi
Even from after
Teagan Faulkenburg
The Night of Different Creatures
Olive Garrison
Siquu Gado Hadisgo
Venessa Graves
I see you
Love in Black Tea
Heather Hansen
Mom
No Means NO!
Dallas Hensley
God’s Blind Poet
Penny Lanae
Three Days Untold
Madysen Lovejoy
The Blaze of My Sorrow
Eris J. M. Melo
texas, hold these hearts
Brit Melson
What a Garden Cannot Mend
Daniel Meyer
The Wood Carver
Jazmine Nicole Pena Cortez
Freesia
Matthew Phengdy
BRING DOWN THE SKY
Joel Plascencia Jr.
He Is Not Your Savior
Dylan Prewett
All You Need Is Love
Eternal Love
Remy
Heaven is a Her
Sophie Rosander
M.A.S.K.
Rolling the Die
Antt Stomen (Simon Cabrera)
Collection Basket
Priscila Tijerina
The Face
Eri Tomioka
Survival
Ngan Thi Kim Tran (Julie)
Viet Nam
Bintou Traore
Sincere Friendship
Olivia Vega
heliotrope at sunrise
Nursemaid’s Song
Art
Kirstin Coleman
Life, a balancing act
Presence
Gabriela Esparza
Duality
Madre Patria
Lauren Esqueda
Ramco
unfortunate cowgirl
Teagan Faulkenburg
Weaving Ends
With Your Head in My Hands
Heather Hansen
Act 1: The Illusion of Freedom
Cyber Slave
Jay Harris
Clara Valentine
Valentine Vamps
Xiomara Herrera
Uncover
Josue Mendoza
The Fall of Kaon
V Synthesis Prototype
Sarai Lara Ontiveros
First Encounter
One Last Song
Benjamin Parsons
Legacy of a Thousand Souls — Cover Art
The Cotton Seeds of Buttonwillow
Joel Plascencia Jr.
I, Forgotten
Remy
Red Spider Lily to Sakura Blossom
Anna Rinaldi
Crimson Snowfall in Technicolor
Strawberry Short Circuit
Evelyn Rodriguez
Gas Station Daisies. Big Sur, California, 2021.
Sea Cave. Arch Cape, Oregon, 2024.
Samanta Samano Calderon
Obligados a Cambiar
Obligados a Cambiar
Asmaa Shidawa
Loki - One piece (Eiichiro Oda)
Rose teapot
Skye
Monster
Jessica Torres
JWD: Showdown
Creative Nonfiction
Amber Assi
Three Life Lessons: Biology as My Teacher
Alli Berry
Mo(u)rning Routine
Alex Biternas
When You Consider This Winter
Brayden Cales
Contemporary
Mariam Dalqamouni
Stressed on a Lab Bench
Mehak Dixit
Finding Home Within
Teagan Faulkenburg
The View from Deerfield
Isaias Romero
A Sneaker Head’s Walk Towards Freedom
Jhsmari Santos
The Imposter Test
Quiana Llanin Sevilla Esparza
The View of Guadalajara’s Downtown
Bianca Villalobos
Experiences of where words fail, music speaks
Short Stories
Crystal Arredondo
Peachy
Lori Bagala-De Marco
Of Her Own Design
Matthew Besoyan
Echoes of Life
Tristin Bryant
Fool Me Twice Shame On Me
Alyssa Flores
The Bird Cage
Penny Lanae
The Withering of a Sunflower
Matthew Phengdy
Elwin’s Beginning
Drama & Film
Omar Ahumada
Wherever You Want Me to Be
Jacob Atlai Cota
What Now?
Miguel Juarez Garcia
Chronicles of Astris