Issue of February 9, 2026

The Centennial Man by Gregory Smith — Cover story speculative fiction

Time is more malleable than you think...

The Innocence Left Behind in Eden by Shailendra Ahangama — Fiction

A story about a time lost...

The Rake by Michael Braswell — Fiction

Screams, smoke, and nudity...yep, that will incur parental intervention...

Stop Me If You've Heard This One by James Rumpel — Fiction humor

Happens all the time...

Anaphora of This City by Gopal Lahiri — Poem

"This city walks on barefoot..."

Bite by DS Maolalaí — Poem unrhymed

"...I say it so carefully..."

For Beauty Again by Rp Verlaine — Poem unrhymed

"...I'm left a dancer who can't hear the music..."

Réalisant mon espoir by Charles Rammelkamp — Poem unrhymed

"...mesmerizing us with Afro-Cuban songs..."

Salut d’Amore by Cheryl Heineman — Poem unrhymed

"...the artist’s tears are dammed for all he understands..."

Soul-less Onald, You Slump, They Dump by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

Who is going to stop this madness?

Sunlight by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain — Poem unrhymed

"...it plays hide-and-seek..."

Tide of Names by Amit Parmessur — Poem unrhymed

"...The sea, insatiable, has known many like her..."

Bhumi by Shobhita Thakur — Speculative fiction

Shobhita Thakur is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, where she completed a three-year course in Film Editing. Her journey in the film industry began with working alongside National Award–winning director Rajan Khosa as a Director’s Assistant, an experience that shaped her understanding of storytelling.