We publish work that explores the pulsating plights and pleasures of grief, isolation, and transmutation. Inspired by the principles of reciprocity, endurance, and interconnectedness found in nature, rhizomag exists to cultivate a literary community where stories grow and heal us, or they don’t. Our stories contain the sheltered and invulnerable parts. They also hold the gritty, muddy, grubby bits. We want sorrow and rage as much as we want pleasure and joy.