If the election blues (/reds) have got you feeling a bit down this fall, retreat into The Opiate, Vol. 39 for, well, not respite, but at least some form of intelligence via fiction and poetry from Charles Wilkinson, Lance Romanoff, Daniel Allen Solomon, David Harris, E.P. Lande, Steve Fromm, James Stuart Nolte, Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Dale Champlin, Mary Birnbaum, Floyd Humphrey, Charlie Robert, John Bradley, Mark Dunbar, Heather Sager, Kevin Richard Kaiser, Hugh Offor, Richard Weaver and Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios.

Welcome to The Opiate, Vol. 40. A particularly momentous issue because of both its milestone number and seeing the magazine into its ten-year anniversary era. That said, we aim to keep pushing the envelope as usual in the years to come (or however long printed materials endure). This edition features a mix of familiar favorite alumni and erstwhile The Opiate virgins, including fiction, nonfiction and poetry from Holly Marihugh, Max Talley, Russ Doherty, Lela Cermin, Kari Wergeland, Renshaw, Zeke Greenwald, Alex Osman, John Grey, Djanet, Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Alessio Zanelli, Stephen Barile, Alise Versella, Frank Freeman, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios, Ken Been, Frankie Laufer, Dale Champlin and Marissa Glover.

Summer bummer has taken on a new meaning in 2024. The Opiate, Vol. 38 shines searing, sunscreen-requiring light on some of that ick factor with fiction, nonfiction and poetry from Jason Escareno, Danila Botha, John Whalen-Bridge, Kevin Brown, Joseph Couchet, William K. Burke, Joel Savishinsky, Frankie Laufer, Stephen Barile, Rich McFarlin, Heidi Joffe, Stephanie Watkins, Dale Champlin, Dina Fiasconaro, Sophie Roy, Susan Richardson, Velibor Baco, Frank Freeman, Ron Kolm and Ella Middleton.

With spring comes the promise of flourishing potted plants. Hopefully, none with heads buried in them as well (unless, of course, you're as romantic as Isabella). Either way, The Opiate, Vol. 37 has plenty to offer in the way of tending to the garden of your mind with fiction, nonfiction and poetry from Michael Washburn, Joseph Couchet, Jim Krusoe, K. Wallace King, Christine Criswell, Dennis McFadden, Melissa Knox, Lillian Davies, Emilia Ferrante, Adrean Bellon, Dale Champlin, Jonathan Ukah, Alan Michael Parker, Keith Morris, David Estringel, Raluca Nechita, Ron Kolm, Ann Pedone and Thomas Wells.

Have you got that summertime, summertime sadness? Why not dip your unmanicured toe into the refreshing waters of The Opiate, Vol. 34? It's surely got to be more entertaining and engaging than whatever else you're trying to distract yourself with (e.g., numbing out on some subpar beach read). Turn your attention, instead, to fiction from Danila Botha, Laura Zinn Fromm, Russ Doherty, Linda Ferguson, Evelyn Fletcher Symes, Gina Willner-Pardo, Marco Etheridge and Rich McFarlin. Then, dive into poetry from David Estringel, Dale Champlin, Alessio Zanelli, Ron L. Dowell, Kashiana Singh, Frank Freeman, Ron Kolm and Gerard Sarnat. So what are you waiting for? Get dosed!

Welcome to The Opiate, Vol. 35. The 2023 fall issue acknowledges that every day is spooky season when you're caught in the tangled webs of the apocalypse. To navigate through these scary times, turn to fiction from Mary Ann McGuigan, Terry Sanville, William K. Burke, Alexander Lowell and Yann Rousselot; non-fiction from Liz Green; visual art from Sherri Levine; poetry from Dale Champlin, Dale Cottingham, Mark Belair, Issac Cordova, Kathryn Adisman, Charlie Robert and David Estringel.

Welcome to The Opiate, Vol. 35. The 2023 fall issue acknowledges that every day is spooky season when you're caught in the tangled webs of the apocalypse. To navigate through these scary times, turn to fiction from Mary Ann McGuigan, Terry Sanville, William K. Burke, Alexander Lowell and Yann Rousselot; non-fiction from Liz Green; visual art from Sherri Levine; poetry from Dale Champlin, Dale Cottingham, Mark Belair, Issac Cordova, Kathryn Adisman, Charlie Robert and David Estringel.

The world is a cold place far beyond winter. The Opiate, Vol. 36 might not be able to console you too much on that front, but it might warm your bones in other ways if it stokes the fires of your latently brewing internal rage. That said, why not get to burning up with fiction from Danila Botha, Alex Encomienda, Laurence Klavan, Charles Holdefer, Mike Lee and Max Talley, as well as poetry from John Delaney, Steve Denehan, John Grey, Megan Cartwright, Bridget Kriner, Peter Crowley, Mary Paulson, Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Ron Kolm, Frankie Laufer, David Barnes, Charles March and Susan Richardson.

Not everyone is necessarily feeling renewed or fresh this spring, but that doesn't mean The Opiate can't provide its usually renewing and fresh take on things through the lens of fiction and poetry. In Vol. 33, here to help with that task is Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Kate Maxwell, Carla Tomaso, Tony Covatta, Jared Billings, Dale Champlin, Edward L. Canavan, Stephen Barile, Robert Guard, Cynthia Good, Christina Hennemann, Carella Keil, Andrew Hudson Barter, Priscilla Atkins, Gabor Gyukics and Thomas Wells. So what are you waiting for? Get dosed!

Leave the world behind...at least for a little while. The Opiate is back for a fall edition chock-full of incredible fiction and poetry. Vol. 31 features short stories from Alan Gartenhaus, Ed Davis, Nik Ruckert and Steve Fromm. In the poetry section, check out inimitable work from George Kuchinsky, Margaret Wagner, Matthew Peluso, Donna Dallas, Yuan Changming, Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Xavier Jones, Dale Champlin, Zeke Greenwald and Anna Kapungu. So what are you waiting for? Get dosed!

A new year is upon us. But, as usual, what has really changed? Fear not, however-if something truly different is what you're looking for, perhaps The Opiate, Vol. 32 can assist. For it contains audacious fiction from Camille Boulay, Ben Rosenstock, Megan Bowyer and Ryder LeVieux, as well as piercing poetry from Susie Gharib, Steve Denehan, Rochelle Jewel Shapiro, E Kidd, Cathy Allman, Colleen Surprise Jones, Mike Wilson, Barbara Tramonte, Chiara Maxia, Mark Simpson, Ron Kolm and Lorelei Bacht. Maybe the new year is off to a promising start after all... So what are you waiting for? Get dosed!

Never given her due in the 00s at the peak of the reign of white girl socialites like Paris H., Tate Carmichael demands the spotlight be redirected back to her. And if trying to buy her way into the glow of the flashbulbs didn't do it, then maybe telling the truth about that strange (yet simpler) time called the aughts will garner her rightful respek (a word she still uses sometimes thanks to the momentary slip-up of dating Ali G, who turned out, like so many people of the era, not to be a real person). So she presents to you, in this analog thing called a book, her tale of being the original enfant terrible of tabloid and internet gossip...never lauded for her badness the way a certain other actress posing as a true member of the socialite sistren was (and is).