Issue 21 of Stanchion marks the first-ever theme issue of the magazine: MUSIC.

All of the stories, poems, and visual art will feature, either directly or tangentially, the sweet sounds of music. A plea for remembrance of an aging man whose childhood was spent in the Congo with the static hiss of a transistor radio, a night in a college town bar as told through the customers, their drink orders, and the music being played, and so much more from some of the finest writers around the world.