Issue of January 24, 2022

Aphis's Gambit by Emma Louise Gill — Cover story speculative fiction

Emma Louise Gill is a British-Australian speculative fiction writer and consumer of vast amounts of coffee. Scientist, educator, and cat mum. Her short stories have been published in Flash Fiction Magazine, AntipodeanSF, and are forthcoming in Curiouser Magazine and others.

Sweet Billy by Ronald Paxton — Fiction life conflict

Life is good, but endings...

Anthem to April by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...Beyond the sunlight there He stands draped in saffron..."

Beauty Marks by Isabel Galvan — Poem unrhymed

"...Proof she's lived, and proof her life has meaning..."

Get Out by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal — Poem unrhymed

"...They think I have lost my mind...."

In the Middle of Haplessness and Helplessness by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...I am beginning to wonder what 'rights' are...

Thank You Jackson: <br />Cobalt Blue, Deep Red, Lemon Yellow by Frankie Laufer — Poem unrhymed

Frankie Laufer is an oil painter and writer living in Walla Walla, WA. His paintings have been shown in both SF Bay Area and Eastern Washington State. His expressive painting and writing style covers a wide range of spontaneous emotions and feelings.

The Stylite by Hugh Blanton — Poem unrhymed

"...It was his last refuge..."

Tonight by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...spaceship earth, or stay within these white walls..."

Toothbrush by Shailja Sharma — Poem unrhymed

"...with the smooth touch of your eyes..."

The Lake Erie Lights 22 by Hawkelson Rainier — Serial fiction speculative

Roy's ethereal self attached to an embryo who grew up to be Donald Harris. Psychological trauma submerged Donald's self, and Roy stepped up to tap back into the real world...