The cover image, "Scarlet Sun." The image is a mixed media abstract with a black base, white, angular pieces on top of a red circle and grey, string-like nest with the text, "Making Waves, Issue 4 | Fall 2024."
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Inside title page art, "Twisted Branch Fantasy," is an abstract, circular distorted image of a large, black bird on a spiral of increasingly chaotic tree limbs. The white font is meant to imitate the font from antique wood printing.
Opposite the inside title page, is the poem "Birdie," by Polly Schlaff.
The title verso page, with the list of editorial staff; credits for the front and back covers, and the inside title page.
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First page of the table of contents
Second page of the TOC
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Dedication to Ludington Writers' founder, George Dila
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About us section
Introduction by editors
The black and white abstract photograph, "Whole Shadow on Broken Steps," stairs, maybe a torn bit of light colored siding, and the shadows those create
Poem, "Solar Eclipse"
Second page of the poem, "Solar Eclipse"
Poem, "Nursery School Revenge"
Poem, "Going Down Together"
Black and white, ink on pager drawing, "Girl...Remembering the Little Birds," of a feminine head in profile with a bird flying through its cheek, faces poking out around the sides, and what might be fish swimming from being the neck.
Poem, "We Ate Chinese"
Poem, "Supermax"
Poem, "Hotter than a two-peckerd goat"
Black and white collage, "Escape from Captivity," in a surrealist/abstract portrayal of a one-armed woman with one exposed bare breast standing beside a tree
Short story, "Eyewitness" page 1
Short story, "Eyewitness" page 2
Short story, "Eyewitness" page 3
Poem, "Galvanized Sweet Tin Roof"
Prose poem, "I want the kind of happy that's like"
Black and white excerpt from page 3 of a graphic novel titled, "How Capitalism Did End"
Black and white excerpt from page 6 of a graphic novel titled, "How Capitalism Did End"
A poem, "Exposure"
A poem, "I Remember Your Roses"
A black and white collage, "Nimrod," of a front-facing man/statue
A poem, "Death is a Den of Wolves"
A poem, "Pointe Mouillee" - page 1
A poem, "Pointe Mouillee" - page 2
A visual/concrete poem, "Birds & Powerlines"
A black and white photograph, "Tree X," of an eagle at the top of a dead tree
A personal essay, "Mini Moby" - page 1
A personal essay, "Mini Moby" - page 2
A prose poem/flash piece, "Mycology, Or So"
A poem, "Savor the Day"
A black and white photograph titled, "Selkie," showing a hand extending from the left and down towards what looks like the white of rapids flowing over rocks.
A poem, "Buoyancy"
A poem, "Chaco Canyon"
A poem, "Snappers"
A poem, "Deep Field"
A black and white abstract painting, "Cracked Foundation," that resembles stacked slabs of concrete topped by white might be a wall with three dark, long windows
A piece of fiction titled "Code of Anonymity" - page 1
A piece of fiction titled "Code of Anonymity" - page 2
A piece of fiction titled "Code of Anonymity" - page 3
A piece of fiction titled "Code of Anonymity" - page 4
A black and white photograph of the fiber arts piece, "Unraveling," Showing the loose ends hanging from the upper, woven strips of fabric.
The ekphrastic poem, "Unraveling"
A poem, "I Found a Witcher River Snake"
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The left side of a landscape black and white image of a large moon over a body of water and the faint images of trees and their reflections, "La Luna"
The right side of a landscape black and white image of a large moon over a body of water and the faint images of trees and their reflections, "La Luna"
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The first page of editors' bios
The second page of editors' bios
A page calling for patrons and announcing scholarships, and community events
Submission Guidelines
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Back cover, "A Certain Kind of Brutality," a collage showing a dark circle at the top, and what might be a dark drop of liquid flowing down to the hip of a reclining woman