Vol. 3, Issue 23

“The coronavirus pandemic has inextricably influenced creative work this year – and likely for years to come. What I appreciated about the essay, fiction, and visual art in this issue is that they illustrated contagion in a way that resonates with our collective feelings toward the pandemic while more explicitly depicting the varied ways contagion presents itself. Contagion pertains to viral infections, but it also relates to how certain influences shape the world and our relationship to each other. And depending on our perspective, contagion might not be entirely negative.”

-D. W. McKinney, Issue 23 curator and TNSF Web Resident