Literature has always had a dynamic, often revelatory relationship with the image, and this edition of Fourteen Hills will continue that dialectic, with three wildly different visual artists gracing the pages and cover of 18.1. Here’s a peek at what’s in store for readers of our new edition:

Chris Koehler is an award-winning artist and illustrator working out of San Francisco. He has worked with Wired, Google, Coca Cola, MTV, Kenneth Cole, and the NFL, among others. Chris also teaches in the illustration department at California College of the Arts and regularly shows in galleries.

Philip Govedare was born in Yuba City, California in 1954.  He grew up in southern and eastern Oregon, and attended the San Francisco Art Institute where he received a BFA in painting in 1980. After receiving an MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, he taught at Temple University in Rome and, in 1991, settled in Seattle where he has been on the faculty of the School of Art at the University of Washington ever since.

John Masterson, cover artist for 18.1, is a writer, designer, and photographer living in New York City. His short story “Weapons” appeared in Fourteen Hills 16.1. His story “Tiny Fucking Tim” recently appeared in the queer literary journal Bloom. And if you haven’t already noticed, we have purposefully obscured the cover image until the book is launched, so come to the Fourteen Hills 18.1 Release Party on Friday, December 16^th at Space Gallery, and meet our contributors, listen to readings, and celebrate the intersections of text and image while also enjoying beverages, raffle prizes, musical guests, and maybe a little bit of disco-disco. 

—Miah Jeffra, Staff, Fourteen Hills