Issue of April 22, 2024

Pacific Tranquility by Andrea Damic — Art

"There's something soothing about the ocean when it's calm, an infinite sparkling mirror." Fiji, July 2022.

Mildred by Ralph Bland — Cover story fiction life

The end creeps up on us, and when it arrives, all we have left is the past...

ZiG, How Did You SwiG Your Way Into Existence? by Ndaba Sibanda — Essay opinion

Zimbabwe has launched a new currency backed by gold...

Jasmine by Stephen Kingsnorth — Poem

"...How dare these petals risk the sharps..."

She Dies by Amrita Valan — Poem

"... So fold up Aladdin’s carpet..."

Where Have You Gone, Confucius? by John Tustin — Poem

"... Why were you born, my child?..."

After Reading a Young Poet by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"...When I read you, I read myself..."

Cheap Ways to Feel Young Again by Richard LeDue — Poem unrhymed

"...death for me is a cartoon mouse hole in the wall..."

I got a rejection letter by DS Maolalaí — Poem unrhymed

"...stock letter nonsense with the name penciled in..."

Relentless Love by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain — Poem unrhymed

"...love every mother wishes for her offspring..."

Starman by John Grey — Poem unrhymed

"...smothered his fire, turned his lights gray..."