Wellspringwords® Literary Anthology

To Be a Living Ancestor

Issue 5 | Spring/Summer 2026

cover artwork by Steph

D.Woodring, The Portrait Priestess D.Woodring, The Portrait Priestess

Halcyon

“We are the ones reshaping what it means to live freely, to exist simply because we were born. We are redefining wealth, legacy and luxury, all through this sacred space, these sacred acts of creating.”

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Mariah Maddox Mariah Maddox

In Flesh & In Bone

“It is not that I solely carry the survival and experiences of those who have come before me, but that my own survival and experiences are being woven into the tapestry of my lineage, as I am breathing and being. The journey between my birth and death marks what will become my evocation.”

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