Issue of January 10, 2022

Talking Flower by Jegadeesh Kumar — Cover story speculative fiction

Jegadeesh Kumar is a student of eastern philosophy, Mathematics teacher, writer, and translator, raised in Southern India, now living in South Carolina, USA. He lived on the southernmost island of the Republic of Maldives for ten years, teaching Mathematics to high school children. On his blog, he writes, both in English and Tamil, short stories, poems, and on eastern philosophy. His work has appeared in The Prometheus Dreaming, Indian Periodical, The Academy of Heart and Mind, and elsewhere.

A Blessing! by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...And promise yourself of Dreaming a new dream..."

Another Step to the Limits by Fabrice Poussin — Poem unrhymed

"...She imagined visons of burning dunes..."

Corporate Knife Fight by Mike Zone — Poem unrhymed

"...build a department from the ground up, only to be hindered..."

First Lesson by Guna Moran — Poem unrhymed

"...I must be made for sacrifice..."

First Squeeze by Peter A. Witt — Poem unrhymed

"...zest of orange permeating the breeze...."

No One Wants To See You Lose Your Mind by Tim Heerdink — Poem unrhymed

"...the temptation to wail like an injured coyote..."

Of Their Noises and Vocalisations by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...why does a hyena laugh?..."

The Fool by Catherine Arra — Poem unrhymed

"...I dance you along a precipice..."

The Grey Men by Lynn White — Poem unrhymed

"...he took off his shoe and banged it on the table..."

we're standing by Robin Wyatt Dunn — Poem unrhymed

"...those footpaths carved into the wood..."

Further into the Darkness 31 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Bethany's removal of Kenyon's tracking magic may work, but there's barely any time left to spare...

The Lake Erie Lights 20 by Hawkelson Rainier — Serial fiction speculative

Through Clarence's memories, Roy has experienced the horror and trauma of war. He endures Clarence's nightmares, and maybe a good dream, too...