Reckoning X

Reckoning’s milestone tenth issue includes poetry, essays, fiction, and art on the theme of communication in environmental justice by Mónica Robles Corzo, Daphne Fauber, Rem Wigmore, Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Jamie McGhee, Elinor Ann Walker, Kevin J. Binder, Kelsey Dean, Alexandra Dawson, Hiria Dunning, Rain Jordan, Hank LaRose, J.R. Staples-Ager, CP Nwankwo, José Luis Ramírez, Luis Rafael Moya, Geneva Toland, Verdell Walker, Mike Wheeler, Odega Shawa, Adegboyega Kayowa, Fendy S. Tulodo, Rowan Tate, Dyani Sabin, J.L. Rifkin, Roseline Mgbodichinma, Rath Mercury, Moshe Schaffzin, Fatima E., Gloria Ogo, Oladosu Michael Emerald, and Sophie Fink.

Reckoning X was collectively edited by C.G. Aubrey, E.C. Barrett, Octavia Cade, Priya Chand, Offor Chidera, Michael J. DeLuca, Tim Fab-Eme, Joseph Hope, Kat Murray, Ruth Joffre, Aaron Kling, Andrew Kozma, Ellis Nye, Jackie Roberti, Catherine Rockwood, and Bernie Jean Schiebeling.

Ebook release: January 16, 2026
e-ISBN: 978-1-955360-15-9
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Print release: July 1, 2026
ISBN: 978-1-955360-14-2

Contents

Cover: Circle of LifeArt — Mónica Robles Corzo January 16, 2026
Endpaper: Creation — Art — Daphne Fauber January 23, 2026
Editorial: Circle of LifeEssay — Michael J. DeLuca January 16, 2026
Editorial: Becoming “We”Fiction — Reckoning Editorial Staff January 16, 2026
Editorial: Everything’s Environmental JusticeEssay — C. G. Aubrey January 16, 2026
AntediluvianFiction — Rem Wigmore January 30, 2026
Newspaper Erasures as Questions with Answers for Two CitiesPoetry — Sneha Subramanian Kanta February 6, 2026
The Over-SeaFiction — Jamie McGhee February 13, 2026
10,000 CavernsPoetry — Elinor Ann Walker February 20, 2026
The Eternal HourglassFiction — Kevin J. Binder February 27, 2026
NightmarePoetry — Kelsey Dean March 6, 2026
This is not a love poem — Poetry — Alexandra Dawson March 13, 2026
Love in the Time of Te Rāhuinui — Fiction — Hiria Dunning March 20, 2026
Camouflage — Art — Rain Jordan March 27, 2026
The Mouthful — Fiction — Hank LaRose April 3, 2026
Dr. _____ and His Thousand Children — Fiction — J.R. Staples-Ager April 10, 2026
Once, I returned Tulip, Once I became — Poetry — CP Nwankwo April 17, 2026
Resurrecting a River — Fiction — Jose Luis Ramírez April 24, 2026
Resucitar un río — Fiction — Jose Luis Ramírez April 24, 2026
Agujero Negro — Poetry — Luis Rafael Moya May 1, 2026
Point Wolf — Poetry — Geneva Toland May 8, 2026
The Hot Spring Post-Pinkerton — Poetry — Geneva Toland May 8, 2026
To Stand, You Must be Rooted — Fiction — Verdell Walker May 15, 2026
Daydreams and Wooden Shutters — Art — Mike Wheeler May 22, 2026
The Power of the Land — Fiction — Odega Shawa May 29, 2026
Recollection — Poetry — Adegboyega Kayowa June 5, 2026
Burn Barrel Astrology — Poetry — Fendy S. Tulodo June 12, 2026
Botany of the Mouth — Art — Rowan Tate June 19, 2026
On Leafing — Poetry — Dyani Sabin June 26, 2026
Reclamation — Fiction — J.L Rifkin July 3, 2026
The Fighting Youth is the Most Beautiful — Art — Roseline Mgbodichinma July 10, 2026
Herkimer Inquiries — Fiction — Rath Mercury July 17, 2026
The Main Thing Is to Not Be Afraid: Tove Jansson, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Art in the Era of Climate Change — Essay — Moshe Schaffzin July 24, 2026
A rubāʿī for the rescued pangolin of Ravi flood — Poetry — Fatima E. July 31, 2026
When the Earth Answers — Poetry — Gloria Ogo August 7, 2026
Our Earth, Our Future — Art — Oladosu Michael Emerald August 14, 2026
Sturgeon Baby — Poetry — Sophie Fink August 21, 2026