dusk is the dimming of light, with surroundings still visible but becoming less distinct, as the earth rests into evening. colors change, the sky burns fiery red, and some creatures bed down as others emerge and begin to croak and sing. there’s a serenity to dusk, an anticipation of the change it brings. even as it grows darker, dusk brings the hope of morning.

this issue includes works inspired by dusk—whether in poems, essays, stories, or art—that takes place during literal dusk or that deal with the liminal, the emerging, the afterglow, or themes of uncertainty.