May / June 2023 - West Trestle Review

Women :: Non-binary :: Art :: Fiction :: Poetry

As though haunted by the plants that once grew there, we see the skeleton of the roof and remains of a conservatory, captured in a bubble

14 Ways to Have the Best Sex of Your Life / jane zwart

Black background with white text: Artist / Jennifer Peart / Interview and Gallery

Almost-Martian landscape captured in a spherical image. Rock formations loom before a red sky

Pink Is Not the Only Color / Priyanka Sacheti

Volcanic-appearing rock formations dominate the landscape below a lurid pinkish-red sky

I am home / TANYA SANGPUN THAMKRUPHAT

As though seen from a telescope held above the scene, a sere, monochrome landscape with dense clouds behind it

Ode to Oysters / Clara McLean

Three dramatic structures perch at the edge of a lake. Behind them, dense greenery and a snow-covered mountain range

The Girl Who Walks Towards Me / Elizabeth Crowell

Modern structure, bright-colored, sits alone in a dramatic landscape

Corrosion / Deborah Bacharach

Strangely-shaped rock formations rise from a lake. In the background, a mountain range

The Last Hour We Lost / Elizabeth Joy Levinson

In the foreground, a lake. Behind it, dominating the cloudless sky, a craggy peak with snow clinging to its side

The selkie learned early about sharks / Merie Kirby

Adjacent to a tall, striated cliff beneath a cloudy sky stand pale, conical rock formations

In Lieu of a Grand Theory / Sarah Elkins

Under a pale greenish sky, all by itself in an otherwise empty landscape, a modern dwelling with floor-to-ceiling windows

middle people / Kathy Jiang

A lake, a rocky shore on which perches a modern cabin with tall windows, and in the background, dense forest

I Come to You on This Ghost Strewn Paper / Amanda Rosas

Two mountain lakes, the upper perhaps feeding the lower, in a rocky landscape

Twenty-two / Nicole Callihan

Desert scene, with several saguaro and their shadows looming, mountains in the distance

Clothed / SENNA XIANG

Seen from underneath, metal structure for power lines looms in foreground, snowy mountains across a valley visible behind

Villanelle on Living / Ellen Zhang

As though by magic, a river and its adjacent landscape rise into the sky

Move / R. B. Simon

The balcony of a contemporary home defies gravity as it looms over a dense forest of pines. In the background, mountains and a reddish moon.

Lakes of the Clouds Hut, Summer 2019 / Eliza Dunn

May / June 2023

Artist: Jennifer Peart. See full gallery here.