In Aftercare we turn our attention to the moments after intensity, into those moments when attention, care, and repair are most crucial. Borrowing its name from the language of kink, the folio asks what it means to stay, to tend, and to rebuild. How can slowness, reciprocity and rest operate as radical acts of survival?

Visual Art

”You See Me Now,” “Post Strap Caress,” “Untitled Estrogen,” & “Post Shower” by Delaney Rayborn

Poetry

”Long Distance Aubade” by Diannely Antigua
”Every Poet Has A Love Affair With A Bridge” by Jarrett Moseley
”Passages” by Joshua Garcia
”Intervention” & “Endings” by Chrysanthemum
”Reflex Arc” by Zachary Kluckman

Nonfiction

”Death Actualization Training” by Lockie Hunter
”The Second Movement” by Karen Maner

Fiction

”If You Have Had Your Midnights” by Destiny Birdsong
”Woolly Dog” by Addy Mahaffey
”Sunflower” by Luca Demetriadi