Dear Readers:

The wordsmiths have been busy.

phren-Z was overwhelmed with submissions for the spring 2012 issue! We’re exceedingly lucky here in Santa Cruz County: so many writers contributing their time and creative energy to expressing what would otherwise go unexpressed, deepening our understanding of our time here, our relationships with one another. Thank you to all who submitted.

For the spring issue we are fortunate to have the artwork of Bridget Henry grace our pages. Bridget is a Santa Cruz artist whose woodcuts blur the line between flora and fauna, real and unreal, creating a world that is at once joyful and surreal. Thank you, Bridget! Be sure and check them out: http://www.elegantgeek.com/bridget/

Finally, our contributors for this issue will be reading at Capitola Book Café on June 1 at 6 p.m. Please come by and hear what they have to say. This will be an ongoing presentation for each of our quarterly issues sponsored by Santa Cruz Writes.

Enjoy.

Santa Cruz Writes and phren-Z co-founders:

Karen Ackland
Julia Chiapella
Jory Post