Toxic Heron

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

"Toxic Heron" by Abi Stevens is an illustration of a dead heron contorted in an "s" shape with a flower in its beak, blood pouring from its empty eyesockets, and a pile of trash beneath its spread wings including plastic bottles, a pair of dice, a fish carcass and a snail

A photo of a Abi, a smiling white woman in her 30s with short bright pink hair and multi-coloured glasses frames. She has dark eye shadow and lipstick on and wears a bright yellow jacket over a black and white striped shirt. She is sitting on a bench in front of a brick walled building.

Author: Abi Stevens

Abi Stevens is an illustrator creating colourful, emotive and powerful digital illustrations. She is driven by curiosity and inspired by social and cultural issues, the environment, mythology, historical art, and speculative fiction. Abi is chronically ill and passionate about representing and empowering others in the disabled community through her artwork.

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