Issue 9, Fall 2021
Foreword
from “Stars” by Crystal Arambula
Memory and fantasy dominate Ovis Issue 9, Fall 2021.
Included is work from Crystal Arambula, Samuel Arredondo, Brittany Bean, James Exley, Michael Fleming, Callen Martin, Megan McLaughlin, MaryEllen Meadows, Xavier Mulquiny, Mia Poland, and Adam Romano.
Bean, Meadows, and Mulquiny take us to pivotal moments in their lives with their poetry.
Arambula and Romano return with surreal visual art while Poland’s photography grounds us in nature.
Finally, fiction from Arredondo, Exley, Fleming, Martin, and McLaughlin provide glimpses into reality, fantasy, and the in-between.
Contents
Fiction
The Painting by Samuel Arredondo
Strawbabies by Samuel Arredondo
Frigid Sable by James Exley
Fire from a Dragon by Michael Fleming
Blood Orange by Callen Martin
Ability by Megan McLaughlin
Photography
Beautiful Encounters by Mia Poland
Poetry
Nine O-Two by Brittany Bean
Life in the Time of COVID by MaryEllen Meadows
Pride Parade Twenty Twenty-One by Xavier Mulquiny
Visual Art
Stars and Universal Glow by Crystal Arambula
Black & White Studies by Adam Romano