Shadows, Tokens, Spring By Ben Mauk, Illustration by Enrique Quintero A Plague Journey You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Fall 2022 / Volume 98/3 Published: September 15, 2022 Ben Mauk Ben Mauk is a writer based in Berlin. He last wrote for the magazine about an indigenous rights movement in the Russian Caucasus. His VQR debut, “The Useful Village,” was a finalist for the 2018 National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. Enrique Quintero Enrique Quintero is a teaching artist at San Francisco’s Creativity Explored.