Cover art is by African writer/artist Liesl Jobson

This is the final issue of Artistry of Life, conceived in June 2004 with 14 successful issues of some of the best work on the web. Thank you to all our contributors, some of whom were on their way to well respected status in the literary world when we published their work such as Patrick Carrington, Barbara Crooker, and Liesl Jobson. We thank particularly Lynn Strongin whose work graced our pages many times and who sent us Dr. Fishman, whose work we honor here in our final issue.

We were proud to celebrate your artistry.  Thanks to all our readers worldwide for 3.5 years of artistry.  We hope you will read the upcoming issue of Magnolia: The Florida Journal of Literary & Fine Arts. Find us on the web soon at  www.magnoliafloridajournal.com

Benedicte!