Kateryna Bortsova is an award wining International Visual Artist with Master of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Graphic Arts degrees. 

Gerburg Garmann is a native of Germany, and a professor emerita of German and French at the University of Indianapolis. Her artwork has appeared in magazines around the world. 

Leslie Brown is an artist who works with abstract and non abstract imagery focusing on nuance within the color spectrum.

DECENNALIA POETRY HONORABLE MENTIONS

AFTER THE SCREAMING STOPS

by Michael Bailey

It ends not in a bang, not a whimper, but a click. Like someone flipping a switch, but instead of a light turning on, every fist unclenches, every gun drops, every missile freezes mid-air like a child’s mylar balloon caught in a tree. And it happens all at once, everywhere. You’re halfway through honking your horn and flipping the bird at the guy who cut you off when the rage evaporates like spit on a summer sidewalk. The silence is so loud it makes your teeth hurt.

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Michael Bailey is a multi-award-winning writer and editor. He is originally from Limón, Costa Rica.

A Summons to the Revolution

by Donna Faulkner

Everywhere humanity is living on its knees. A summons rings out for a universal conversation. Ordinary people, tired of their tiredness, are invited to sit around a campfire
on a beach.

They come from everywhere.

There’s one rule: You can only talk whilst in possession of the
staff. It passed in turn to everybody. No subject is taboo. This hui only concludes when
everyone present has nothing left to say.

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Donna Faulkner is a Poet, Writer, and Artist with thought provoking work and a lot of cool merch at: https://linktr.ee/donnafaulkner.

Inside the Bubble

by Mord McGhee

          We do not know who stopped the bombs from falling, but it was ten years ago to the day. I remember it clearly. The tears as we reconnected, coming out from the tunnels beneath Mermaid World. Beyond the bubble of the theme park, though, the vibrant city lay in ruins, its streets echoing with the heavy silence of annihilation. We weathered the storm in this paradise by the sea with whimsical architecture and aquatic theming, and it became the sanctuary for survival. I was below the castle, and even though it was a decade earlier, I still recall the rumbling beneath my feet, and the day it ended.

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Mord McGhee is the author of Ironblood and a video artist.

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