SEA TO SKY REVIEW

ALIEN ENCOUNTERS

VOLUME 4. ISSUE 2. OCTOBER 2023

Many of us were glued to our screens this summer watching David Grusch, a United States Air Force officer and former intelligence official, testify at a House hearing that UFO sightings are a national security problem and that the US is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs at the same time hiding evidence of 'non-human intelligence.' And what marvelous conversations were sparked by these revelations! I for one heard the alien encounter stories of pretty much all of my friends and family. “It was triangular,” one of my friends insists. “And zoomed in and out so quickly - “

The idea for this issue’s theme, Alien Encounters, rose from the summer of 2023, where encounters out at the edge of a field, abductions from a hill, within the body of a crow, or a beaconing finger in the garden are all commonplace. Enjoy!

Cover photo: Brian Michael Barbeito

POETRY

PROSE

artwork

Meg Warhurst

Meg Warhurst is an artist and illustrator from Lillooet, British Columbia working primarily with watercolour. From a young age Meg has had an interest in creating art, working with various mediums. Recently she has focused on highlighting native flora and fauna around her hometown. In 2021 she collaborated with local St’át’imc First Nation Elders to co-author and illustrate a bilingual St’at’imcets-English children’s book which was published in 2023. Through her art Meg hopes to bring awareness to the diversity and uniqueness of the environment and animals in BC’s southern interior.  Instagram link

Mary’s art is featured throughout this issue but here’s a gallery for you to enjoy - click on images to enlarge.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Brian Michael Barbeito

Brian Michael Barbeito is a Canadian poet and photographer. Recent work appears at The Notre Dame Review.  We couldn’t resist Michael’s eerie photography and feature one on this issue’s cover. Click on images for enlargement.

COLLAGES

Bill Wolak

Bill Wolak has just published his eighteenth book of poetry entitled All the Wind’s Unfinished Kisses with Ekstasis Editions. His collages and photographs have appeared as cover art for such magazines as Phoebe, Harbinger Asylum, Baldhip Magazine, and Barfly Poetry Magazine.