The 2020 Spring issue of The Opiate can't help but reference the apocalyptic times we live in. And make no mistake, an apocalypse has occurred, for going back to a pre-corona state feels like a naive assumption. With this in mind, it is with pride that The Opiate brings you fiction and poetry from Patrick Harrington, Stephanie Parent, Elizabeth Primamore, Michael Tilley, Eric D. Goodman, Marco Etheridge, Katie Lazaro, Allison M. Palmer, Tiffany Lee Brown, Rufo Quintavalle, John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper, Mary Shanley, John Tustin, Nick Ingram and Peter Crowley.