Inscape 2025

The latest edition of Inscape was published in May 2025 and features submissions from a diverse group of writers and artists from all over the world. Below is the table of contents and links for a few sample pieces. If you are interested in purchasing a copy, it can be found at the Ichabod Shop, located on the Washburn University campus.

Inscape 2025 cover thumbnail. Living Trees, by Lilly Kobach

Writing Samples

Poetry

Jack Granath
Silvering
Preaching to the Converted
Juan Morales
Inside My Black Sugar Skull Notebook
Dear Mama
Richard Dinges
Mid-winter Break
November Again
Huascar Medina
Mother Tongue
Alone, In Line…
John Grey
Scorned Woman, In Anticipation
Jeff Tigchelaar
Missing Him (Sam Dream #17)
Bay Colt
Cicada Molt
[A Quick One Before The Eternal Worm Devours Missouri]
Eat Your Heart Out Master Of The Universe
John Canaday
2nd Lieutenant John Downey
Alan Elyshevitz
Land
Nadine Ellsworth-Moran
Your Name Is Perfume Poured Out
If Cymatics Is A Poetic Truth,
Julie Stielstra
Euthanasia
David Romanda
Writer’s Block
Mark Scheel
The Wisdom of Shit
Matthew J. Spireng
Caught
Ken Poyner
Atmosphere Of Compliance
Amit Majmudar
Meteorology
Market Forces
Disapparenting
Power Up
Zack Carson
Roads To Judah
Shuly Xóchitl Cawood
Things You Should Know After I Die
Alessio Zanelli
On The River
Jamie Lynn Heller
Harvesting
Jane Rosenberg Laforge
The Counting Hours
Dee Allen
Mirielle
Emily Ballestero
The Séance

Fiction

Michael Tilley
On the Dais
Richard Jacobs
Too Far Gone
Kevin Finnerty
Out Of The Nest
Veera Laitinen
An Awful Short Story
Emma Bluml
Fishing For Memories
Yuna Kang
Entreaty
Lauro Palomba
Noctilucent And Vespertine

Nonfiction

Carole Greenfield
Ghost
Charles Wray
Flying Low With My Big Brother

Art

Shea Freeman
Pathway Outside Le Château De
Chenonceau
Grave Statements
Self Portrait
Emily Demarchi
Untitled
Barbara Waterman-peters
Wind Up Toy
Fire In My Belly
Connie Sowles
Feminine Rage
Lauren Miller
Butterfly Bracelet
Metal Flower
Alaina Hammond
Weird Birds
Julisa Medina Del Real
Ceramic Cups
Phil Jones
Birds On A Wire
Like A River
Storm Warning
Charles Wray
Silent Tear

Articles