In Issue 14, twenty-one artists from everywhere—some returning, some new, and in a 34O first, one from Nepal—absorb the nature of shock: that lead ball in the chest and numbness in the legs and feet; that wandering through a dream landscape where sounds are muffled and sentences are only half audible. That tunnel vision and isolation, that I can’t believe it, where’s the liquor and candy and Add to Cart. That what do I do now and who am I and what’s going to happen to me, or even that I just don’t want to get up tomorrow.

Welcome to the house where the shaking’s over … but the settling has just begun … get your copy at https://34orchard.com/issue-14/ today!

COVER ART: Santa Walkup – Stacy Horn

In the Dark – Alyce Lomax

Hollow Pines – Elsie Raymond

The Support Group Meets in Sandra’s Kitchen – Louise Worthington

The Note – J. Kelly

Load Bearing – Bruce Thierry Cheung

The Shallow End – William Hall

Memory of Mycelia – Cyrus Green

It Clucks with Abandon – Eric J. Guignard

Being Polite – Sunayna Pal

The Scarecrow – Avery Zappone

The M-Mode Trace – Raymond Brunell

Disruption – Brenna Monaghan Behel

Human Bottleneck – Jack Powers

A Fairy Tale – Kaitlyn Downing

Pallbearers – Eve Naden

Blossom-End Rot – RJ Aurand

Hourglass – Michael Takeda

The Town in the Sky – Ayush Pokheral

Dust in homes is composed of about 20–50% dead skin cells. – Kathie Quinn Yang

The End of Murder – Karin Marvel McRae

The downloadable PDF is designed so that it can be printed on double-sided paper for easy reading like a print magazine. As always, the issue is free, but there is a donation link should you choose to contribute. And if you like what you’ve read, spread the word!