May 18, 2026

Together in the End

A blue face wistfully gazing upwards while surrounded by flowers.

"Are you sure you don't regret not being married to a real man?"

CJ Ackerman-Garvin, Beck Jewell

A white cross in a grassy field with a red flower over it.

You left the light on and the door open. Authenticity blooms, rooted in the nourishment of its soil.

Sydney McClellan

A young person holding a bean like a microphone against a backdrop of flowers, with a blue outline of an individual obscuring the right half of their face.

How can I subtract you from sun? No shade of light would remain intact.

Maxine Prudhomme

A white, hollow figure laying in a grassy field underneath a blue, cloudy sky.

Please. All they had to do was ask, and their body finally listened, digging down and sprouting roots, and they felt whole.

CJ Ackerman-Garvin

The feet of a woman stepping in water, wearing a green dress, with a pink sky behind her.

The dilapidated truck is a hulking metal beast shambling amidst towering pine trees. Overhead, the sky's gaping maw yawns and groans.

Sydney McClellan

A illustration of the Earth with a heart-shaped stethoscope wrapped around it

For this Iris issue, I wanted to share my reflections on global health: what it is, why it's important, and why it means so much to me.

Faith Leslie, Asia Leslie

A blue, isolated kitchen.

I have always been a solitary person.

Geovanna Murphy

A collection of 9 watercolor comic panels illustrating Saint Hildegard and her migraine auras.

Since 1913, scientists have believed that many of Saint Hildegard's visions were actually migraine auras: the flashes of light and color that often

Emily Frost

Illustration of a girl's crying face on a pink background

tell me tomorrow how the things pretty and nice stay once and not twice

Iresha Choudhary

Illustration of tower

Sky piercer, rain bringer, unifier, deliverer.

Ben Chu

Illustration of mortar and pestle

They mixed it with yellow ochre, then made the faces of God and their saints.

Ben Chu

A decorative placemat surrounded by irises that says, "See you later! Love, Iris."

In an era that overwhelmingly devalues art, it has been a privilege to be a part of a group of creatives dedicated to resisting through the written

Lindsey Smith

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