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River Styx 110: Plum, featuring writing and art by Mathilde Merouani, Marc McKee, Hantian Zhang, Allison Field Bell, Dominic Finocchio, and more.
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River Styx 110: Plum explores the writer’s relationship to art, flavor, color, and deep-dwelling truths.
Interview with Jessica Johns.
Poetry by Mathilde Merouani, Marc McKee, Spencer Short, Noor Jafari, and Elise Thi Tran.
Fiction by Meagan Arthur, Allison Field Bell, Kathleen DeGrave, Leah Halper, and Megan Paslawski.
Nonfiction by Jesse Rasmussen and Hantian Zhang.
Artwork by Dominic Finocchio.
Cover artwork by Maryn Blanco.
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Page count TBA. Printed on acid-free paper in the United States of America.
Print edition. Release date: November 1, 2025.
Shipping weight: 1.2 lbs., approximately. Standard shipping rates apply.
At 330 pages, this is our longest issue ever!
In his treatise on the interconnectedness of all things, The Ecological Thought, Timothy Morton writes, “Being a person means never being sure you’re one.” What makes us human—what makes us human now, on a planet that feels increasingly hostile to life—is the central question of River Styx 109: Posthuman.
Poetry by Alicia Wright, Amish Trivedi, Nikki Wallschlaeger, Jessica Laser, Sara Deniz Akant, Knar Gavin, and Raye Hendrix.
Fiction by Bradley Bazzle, Kelly Magee, Aimee Pogson, Lars Chinburg, Nandini Bhattacharya, and Mark Crimmins.
Graphic fiction by Albert Dixon.
Nonfiction by Lindsey Webb, Sara Eliza Johnson, Yelizaveta Renfro, and Jan Garden Castro.
Play by Drew Larimore.
Art by badfuta, Heather Newton Brown, and karborn.
Photography by James Reade Venable and Scott Brennan.
Includes the 2025 River Styx Prizes winners in fiction (Benjamin Hollo) and poetry (Michael Autrey).
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330 pages. Printed on acid-free paper in the United States of America.
Print edition. Published March 31, 2025.
ISBN: 979-8-218-62281-7
River Styx 108: Chronicles excavates the buried past from the desert sands.
Interview with Christopher Castellani.
Featuring poetry by Red Danielson, Mark Leidner, Nikki Wallschlaeger, Tameka Cage Conley, Lauren Haldeman, Thea Brown, and Jan Garden Castro.
Fiction by Brad Modlin, Sarah Starr Murphy, Scott Nadelson, Dimitris Lyacos (translated by Andrew Barrett), and Monica Macansantos.
Nonfiction by Pamela Baker and Tobey Ward.
Plays by E. Lang Baker and Yuge Ma.
Artwork by Red Danielson and Karborn.
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200 pages. Printed on acid-free paper in the United States of America.
ISBN: 979-9-218-51688-8
Print edition. Published December 24, 2024.
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