OtherWorlds, September ’26

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Editor: Vallie Lynn Watson

Managing Editor: Tyler Campbell

Associate Editor: Dusti RW Levy and Stephanie Smith

Assistant Editors: Madeline Ricard, Chelsey Wright, Joel Lema, and Kathrine Winter

Interns: Nick LaRocca

Basak Devrim Andreutti, “Dreaming,” oil on wood

Letter from the Editor by Vallie Lynn Watson

Letter from the Guest Editor by Tyler Campbell

Fiction

“Fable of Ice” by Wendy BooydeGraaff

“A Name We Didn’t Like” by Autumn Gonzales

“Kaidan” by Benjamin Johnson

“Golden Age” by Olivia Joy

“Bright Eyes” by Griffin Paschall

“Darklings of Crepuscule Planet” by Mandira Pattnaik

“THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS” by J B Polk

Poetry

“Mythical Rain” by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

“In This Dream I Am Not Without My Lover” by Johnna Parker

“Found Poems based on Patrick Süskind’s ‘Perfume: The Story of a Murderer’” by Amy Pugsley

“Still Life” by John Brixter Tino

“The Last Dragon at the Oklahoma Turnpike Service Plaza” & “The Witch Who Charged in Vegetables” by Joshua Walker

Creative Nonfiction

“Flowers from a Stranger” by Leslie Lisbona

“Speakeasy” by Kaleb Mantela

Basak Devrim Andreutti is a visual storyteller and oil painter with a BA in Communication. Having lived across three continents, she brings a global, human-centered perspective to her artistic practice. Her work explores memory, emotion, identity, and the unspoken, translating inner states into visual form through layered, atmospheric compositions. Drawing inspiration from nature and portraiture, she creates evocative paintings that balance intimacy with subtle touches of novelty and imagination. Rooted in humanist values, her practice examines the delicate relationship between presence and absence, vulnerability and resilience, inviting viewers into contemplative emotional landscapes where the human experience and natural world intertwine.

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