Issue of September 19, 2022

Have Mercy by Esther Mubawa — Cover story fiction life

Esther Mubawa is a Zimbabwe woman, single mother. She lives and works in Cape Town as a maid. When she has time, she goes for walks on the beach, reads, and writes about her life and the lives of other Shona women. Twitter: @EMubawa

Passing By by Thomas Elson — Fiction horror

"...I know what you're made of..."

Roti in Lockdown Times! by Pranab Ghosh — Fiction life

Connections during lockdown -- so important, even small ones...

Everybody Wants To Own Me by Rocio Iglesias — Poem unrhymed

"...I don't know how to love you past my own risk..."

Fate by Dan Provost — Poem unrhymed

"...If I stood still and said nothing..."

left out by Paul Tanner — Poem unrhymed

"...did you really think the world needed more you?..."

Real Artist by Dessy Tsvetkova — Poem unrhymed

Dessy Tsvetkova (born 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria), has worked as a reporter for Darik Radio, newspapers Woman, News, Women kingdom and has published poetry in Mother tongue speech, Literary Academy and Flame and Sea magazines.

The Kitten by Arthur Dick — Poem unrhymed

"...bounding around trying to figure out what it is..."

The Universal Telephone Company and You - A History by John Grey — Poem unrhymed

"...a simple uncritical inroad to a complex art..."

The Wild Whirlwind Will Wane by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...paper and leaves soared, sped in the wind..."

Documentation Is Civilization by Ethan Goffman — Prose poem

Exactly.

Geistmann 3: To the Ends of the Earth, Chapter Twenty-three by Ron Singer — Serial fiction thriller

Time for a certain ghost to be on the move again...