The Gathering Old Woman Speaks with Coyote and Rabbit Word Count: 1,514 by Tahnahga Yako The story of humanity’s hidden, greatest gift. – With BAD BOY/SAD BOY artwork by CRICE
What Counts is Not The Best Living But The Most Living Word Count: 2,952 by Laura Lynes A short story on the absurdity of life and the earthy refuges where freedom lives. – With paintings by CONNOR MARIE
The Gold Bangle Word Count: 2,650 by Fabiyas M V Short fiction on the space of forgiveness. – With artwork by DUNCAN POULTON
Few Understand Word Count: 3,230 by Kalen Iwamoto Autofiction as a blockchain, from the blockchain. – With MOVEMENT PORTRAITS from THE BLACK MOVEMENT PROJECT by LAJUNÉ MCMILLIAN
Kunjan and Kayami Word Count: 1,441 by Fabiyas M V Short fiction of wanderers, distant intimacy, and power in the time of Covid. – With A HUNDRED STORIES photographs by SIJIA MA
Mother: Spoken by the Author Word Count: 258 by Monica Sanborn Monica reads her short fiction piece, originally featured in Issue 006: SEIZE.
Grey Area Word Count: 694 by Derek Owusu A lyric of the liminal, of breath, and smoke. – With DWELLING photography by STEPH HARTOP
https://vimeo.com/527721998 EVAPORATE Word Count: 1,745 by Youmna Chlala Fiction of the Pacific coast, family, and the beautifully tragic solitude of life. – With FLIGHT MODE a video by DAIVA TUBUTYTĖ
A FASHION DICTIONARY: EXCERPTS Word Count: 3,004 by Gaurav Monga An experimental breakdown on the nature of clothes. – With photographs from AS IMMENSE AS THE SKY by MERYL McMASTER
MOTHER Word Count: 1,236 by Monica Sanborn The story of a daughter who witnesses her mother’s loss of body and takes refuge in declarations of nothingness. – With KASPALE’S PLAYGROUND a film by SYOWIA KYAMBI
Home Sweet Home Word Count: 544 by Kausik KSK Flash fiction fantasizing escape from home. – With L’ALTRO CIELO (DREAM WARRIOR) (PTII) artwork by KLAUS CAPRA
THE WANTING Word Count: 3,007 by Makena Onjerika Fiction that unfurls colliding destinies in the shadow of a murder. – With stills from ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND a video by UFUOMA ESSI
Genesis Word Count: 3,956 by Yah Yah Scholfield A work of speculative fiction on endings, and beginnings. – With AWAY photographs by BASIA GOSZCZYNSKA
https://vimeo.com/369270414 THE SPACEMAN DISSOLVES Word Count: 7,019 by Trevor Shikaze In this short story, a damaged planet earth sends a spaceman to find a new home for humanity… with gruesome results. – With PREMIUM CONNECT a video by TABITA REZAIRE
THE FEAR JESUS MIGHT BE STARTING A CULT Word Count: 7,185 by Terron Ferguson This experimental script staged in a mutating limousine begs the question: which one of these guys is Jesus, anyway? – With COSMIC BALLET and URBAN PANORAMA artwork by DEBORA CHEYENNE CRUCHON
ANTHROPUSSY Word Count: 1,769 by Caren Beilin Experimental fiction mining the depths of gender, sexuality, and self in the Anthropocene. – With #2 – INVITATION TO LOVE: FRAGMENTED VIDEO DIARY a video by JORGOS LOUKAKOS