They tried to tell you, 20000BCE – present

The cover art for Reckoning 9, "Open Chest" by Dante Luiz, features a Black woman seen from the lips down, smiling, with long black hair spilling over bare shoulders, wearing a lacy, off-white strapless dress, and using her hands to pull open a gaping hole in her chest from which white flowers emerge. The background is green and brown vertical striped wallpaper.Reckoning 9

A black and white photo by Aden Albert of a road sign almost completely consumed by vines, with only the word FLOOD visible

A black and white photograph of a man with glasses, short hair, mustache, and goatee. He looks straight ahead with a wry smile on his face. The background is dark and featureless, and there are pinpoint catchlights in his pupils.

Author: Aden Albert

Aden Albert is a photographer and writer based in South Carolina. His work has appeared in galleries in South Carolina, Vermont, Oregon, Georgia, and Budapest, Hungary. His images focus on the stories of things left behind—whether forgotten, made obsolete, or the remains from some greater something eroded away. He can be found on Bluesky at @adenalbert.com, on Instagram at @the.aden.albert, and he publishes weird fiction at [The Neon Church] (https://theneon.church).

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