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Letter from the Editor
Dear Issue 05 readers,
We bring new stars to you this autumn—welcome, treasured readers, to Interstellar’s Issue 05.
Be it Jack Jung’s hauntingly luminous “White Fountain” or Gabriel Rubi’s scintillating and cutting “Montgomery Sonnet,” every work in Issue 05 promises to light up constellations and realizations alike with its wondrous talent. Trust them to lead you through these lengthening nights.
Forever and always, we thank everyone who’s made this issue possible. A hundred thank you’s to our hardworking editors, to our most beloved and wondrous contributors, and the community who’s supported us along the way.
And to you, dear reader, for looking to the sky. Please enjoy Issue 05.
Warmest, always,
Sunny Vuong
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Interstellar Literary Review
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Makenna Dykstra
Emma McCoy
Thomas Zimmerman
Jack Jung
Gabriel Rubi
Maggie Wang
Jack Jung
Thomas Zimmerman
Matthew Herskovitz
Michaela Mayer
Ace Boggess
Chris McCann
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Matthew Goldberg
Paulin Lim
Chiyeung Lau
Taylor Stanton
Ocean Teu
Garrett Rowlan