“This issue of Atlantis is heavy with life and loss. Ponder and question alongside our contributors; ache with the darkness they share on the page and rejoice in the light. Reconnect with words that seem simple in their overuse and yet still hold weight. Pain. Hope. Fear. Love. Acceptance. Grief. These feelings are the foundations we build ourselves up on. We are constantly relearning them, adding onto our personal definitions and painting them new colors. But let this issue be a source of comfort, one that shows how our complexities bind us together. We are vast as oceans, and we will never stop singing for those who are to come when we have gone.”

Tyler Anne Whichard, EIC