The first issue of Ataraxia Quarterly gathers stories, poems, essays, and illustrations, with work from writers connected to Astoria’s Stormy River Writers and Poets on the Pier.

Six illustrated tarot cards thread through the issue, from Mortality to Potential. Along the way, there’s a midnight laundromat, a tiger beneath a moonlit ocean sky, and an Astoria noir set in a city of cold rain and long shadows.

Made in Astoria, Oregon, by Mountain, River, & Sea Productions. Edited by Grover Lunabocci.