LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

DEAR READER,

WELCOME TO ISSUE NO. 2 OF ALTERNATIVE MILK MAGAZINE. I APOLOGIZE FOR YELLING AT YOU, BUT ALL CAPS HAS BECOME SOMETHING OF AN AESTHETIC CHOICE FOR ALTERNATIVE MILK. ALSO I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ISSUE! I HOPE YOU ARE EXCITED TOO. WE HAVE A MARVELOUS LINEUP OF WRITERS AND ARTISTS IN THIS GO 'ROUND, THE BETTER TO FEED YOUR EYES WITH! 

THIS ISSUE TOOK A LOT MORE DOING THAN ISSUE NO. 1, WHICH CAME TOGETHER AS I WAS WHEELCHAIR BOUND AFTER A FREAK ACCIDENT IN WHICH I BROKE BOTH ANKLES. I HAD A LOT OF FREE TIME. THESE DAYS, MY SCHEDULE IS MUCH MORE OCCUPIED, AND THE TIME AND DEDICATION IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS MAGAZINE WAS A LOT HARDER TO COME BY. MANY LIT MAGS AND JOURNALS ARE A LABOR OF LOVE, AND WE ARE NO EXCEPTION. I'D LIKE TO THANK ALT MILK'S READERS: MJ STACEY, MEGAN DERMAN, AND LINDSAY GEIBLER FOR ALL THAT THEY DID FOR THIS ISSUE. OUR SUBMISSIONS INBOX WAS PLENTIFUL AND THEY DOVE IN WITHOUT FEAR (EXCEPT OF THE POETRY, WHICH, VALID. POETRY IS VERY SUBJECTIVE). 

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THIS ISSUE'S CONTRIBUTORS, NAMELY FOR BEING EXCELLENT AT WHAT THEY DO, BUT ALSO FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING. YOU ALL ROCK. 

MAY THIS ISSUE BRING YOU SOMETHING, BE IT JOY OR SHIVERS. 

ERIKA GILL

EDITOR IN CHIEF