Saturn in Gemini no. I

Yeshua Crawford: This submission is from a photo series titled A Trip to LA examining how cities affect those who inhabit them. More photos on instagram @Yeshphoto!

m嘉怡k: Maddie laughs a lot & gets her feelings hurt easily. She enjoys film directing, poeting, nature, and sharing life with other people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @maddiekao @snapplecrackleorange

Rachell Ka-Ying Le: Rachell was born and raised in South San Francisco. They’re currently double majoring in Race and Resistance Studies and Studio Art at SFSU.Their goal in their photography practice is to foster connection through bringing the experience of being photographed to more people.

FN: My name is Francesca Nardi, my author name is FN. I am a poetry writer from Italy who currently lives in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Chad W. Lutz: Chad W. Lutz is a speedy, bipolar writer born in Akron, Ohio. They graduated from Mills College in Oakland, California, with their MFA in Creative Writing in 2018. Their first book, For the Time Being (2020), is available through J.New Books. Recent work appears in Anodyne Magazine.

Trinity Acklin: Trinity Acklin is a CSUN graduate majoring in Cinema & Television Arts with an emphasis in Screenwriting. Her writing journey began at the age of 9 where she started writing and creating her own stories and plays for her family members. Eventually that love grew and she hasn’t stopped writing since.

Angela Celynn: Angela Celynn is a first-generation Filipino-American re-acquainting herself with her inner voice. She navigates life as a self-proclaimed curator of multiple types of media—expanding the context of her interactions by forming ‘taste clusters’ around whatever she enjoys. Her prose submission for the debut issue of Saturn in Gemini is centered around a “false awakening”; wherein a dream of her mother coming home early from work was nested in another dream. The phenomenon evoked a sense of loneliness, grief, and longing within the writer, who promptly documented its contents for your reading pleasure. The working title for the piece was “The Smoldering Pain of a Believable Sadness”, which informed the work. However, a name change was enacted to better reflect the subject, which was not the writer’s impression of the experience, but the intended recipient: her own mother. Instagram | @angelacelynn, Letterboxd | @palahniukd

Kalan Cordell: I love writing horror. But occasionally my emotions take the lead in the story. For my friends I like to write vulnerable stories for their literary magazines because that’s where I keep my diamonds. CONGRATS ON THE LIT MAG! Instagram:@kalandelrey

Ben Do: Ben is a writer based in Los Angeles, California where he was born and raised. He’s a recent graduate of California State University Northridge in screenwriting, where he grew an audience crafting scripted, short form content on various social media platforms, viewed by millions. Ben aims to share unrepresented, relatable stories through harsh realities.

Jackie Donaldson: Jackie Donaldson is a writer of drama, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Her work has been published in The Vehicle, Loud Coffee Press, Across the Margin, and others. Connect with Jackie on Instagram and Twitter @Jacquiverse.

Toni Kamara: Toni Kamara is a writer based in Los Angeles. With a Bachelor’s in English, she wishes to explore her writings through her love of media. She has a blog called Watch What You Write on Substack. There, she explores her criticisms on the films and shows she obsessed over.