Loon and rippling water at the forefront of Autumn Wright’s cover art invite you into Relief 2026. David J.S. Pickering’s “silence = death” grapples with living in the midst of repeated cycles of injustice. Mika Seifert’s “Bardo” brings us to the threshold that is a pilot’s uncanny island. Elizabeth Bolton’s “Burn It All Down: Notes from an Art History Major” begins with a single flower’s survival from destruction and the wish to understand why. Whether through joyful observation of beauty and connection, unresolved reflection on life’s tangible uncertainties, or determination to simply live life each day, the 2026 issue of Relief asks, in many voices, how we might best carry on.