"Aesthetic" is a 2020 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v296, the April 2020 issue) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d has been released either monthly or every other month (with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include Finn Briscoe, Greg G. Zaino, I.B. Rad, Jeremy Siemens, Janet Kuypers, John Amendall, John F. McMullen, Karen Breen, Lisa Short, Max Johansson, Michael Ceraolo, Michael Summerleigh, Randall Rogers, Ray Strawn III, Sally Mitchell, Samuel Ekanem, Thom Woodruff, Tom Sheehan, Aaron Wilder, Allen F. McNair, Christina Culverhouse, David Russell, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Kyle Hemmings, Rose E. Grier, Uzeyir Lokman Cayci, and Westley Heine.