Inside this third volume of Carquinez Review, you'll find prose, visual art, and poetry reflecting today's world, with its anxieties, remembrances, hopes, and dreams. Immigrant stories, speculative fiction about AI, poignant family memories, and inspiring poems about the natural world abound in these pages. Striking works of visual art represent everything from local scenes to imaginary and symbolic landscapes that complement the writing surrounding them. Most of the writers and artists live in Bay Area communities not far from the Carquinez Strait, and that setting is reflected here, as well as responses to the environment and the larger world we all inhabit.

We invite you to read, reflect on, and enjoy the written words and artwork to be found in this book. Every piece has a unique and thoughtful perspective to offer on the tenor of our times.