Issue 06
Content and trigger warnings for Issue 06 include mentions of or allusions to alcoholism, death, child and adult sexual assault, illness, domestic abuse, infertility/loss of children, suicide, substance abuse/drug use, and self-harm. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list; these are overt themes or events.
What happens when we fail, or we choose to fail, or we give into vices that give us no other choice? What happens if we disappear? What if someone makes those decisions for us, and we never return or recover?
Explore these questions in the words and images of Issue 06 of Reservoir Road Literary Review.
"Marriage as a Downed Aircraft" by Carole Besharah
"aggregation amounts" by Helen Perry
"Form 3102-D" by Tim Dillon
"Traveling Through the Dark" by Emily Jensen
"A Hospice Bed at Sea" by Oisín Breen
"Hollow Eggs" by Sandra Barnidge
"Habits" by Michael James
"Izzat" by Megha Nayar
"While I Was Gone" by Claire Taylor
"(Pro-)/(Retro-)gression" by HLR
"Retrospection" by Roberta Beary
"Hiroshima Shadow (Singapore)" by Jowell Tan
In order by written work with featured photography accompaniments:
“Marriage as a Downed Aircraft” by Carole Besharah, featuring “Drive In” by Hugh Findlay
“aggregation amounts” by Helen Perry, featuring “Bridge to Yesterday” by Greg Turlock
“Form 3102 D” by Tim Dillon, featuring “Farm House” by Clarissa Cervantes
“Traveling Through the Dark” by Emily Feuz Jensen, featuring “8 km uphill in the rain” by Clement Obropta
“A Hospice Bed at Sea” by Oisín Breen, featuring “Bunesfjorden, Moskenesøya” by Ben Erlandson (cover image)
“Hollow Eggs” by Sandra Barnidge, featuring “Eggshell Fine” by Em Harriett
“Habits” by Michael James, featuring “Rural Mailboxes” by Rebecca LaFontaine-Larivee
“Izzat” by Megha Nayar, featuring “Ghosts” by Adele Quartley Brown
“While I Was Gone” by Claire Taylor, featuring “Out to Pasture” by Greg Turlock
“(Pro-)/(Retro-)gression” by HLR, featuring “Rebirth” by Bradley Nordell
“Retrospection” by Roberta Beary, featuring “Cloud Cover” by Greg Clary
“Hiroshima Shadow (Singapore)” by Jowell Tan, featuring “Sleet Storm” by Greg Clary
Copyrights held by authors listed. Individual content warnings not listed within each work; please review the content warnings at the top of the main issue page and assume all prose deals with adult subject matter and difficult themes. Photographs not listed here were sourced through Upsplash, per their rights of use.