This was the issue where we decided to go theme-less to see if we might get a different haul. Have a read and decide for yourselves…should we return to theming our issues? Rolling this issue out with our fiction choices first.

Editorial

FICTION

Boundaries
Ethan Knowles

waves up to 2 metres in open waters and less than 1 metre in sheltered areas
elisha efua bartels

The Wound in the River
Topher Allen

Dragon Bay
Jonathan Chambers

Left Behind
Nastassia Rambarran

NOVEL EXCERPT

The Promise of Foreign
Dianah Smith

NON-FICTION

A Love that Hesitates, A Love that Swims Too Far Out
Ada M. Patterson

Daffodils for E.R. Worrell (aka Mister Double-Yuh aka Wow)
Linda M. Deane

Homecoming
Renee Ashley

POETRY

The Admiral
Geoffrey Philp

The Ballad of Black Matthew/Real Warriors Dub
Kevan “Scruffmouth” Cameron

Bearing and other poems
Britney Gabbidon

Behind the Bailey Town House
Georgio Russell

Distance
Nikki Williams

SHORTIES

Circles
Merrie Joy Williams

Halawa Musings
Marianna Farag

The Gordon Town Bruk-weh
Latoya Briscoe

ART-icle

In the Beginning Was the Water: On inciertas-eroded spectacle by/with Teresa Hernández
Beatriz Llenín Figueroa

INTERVIEW

On RETURNS AND RESET: ROLAND WATSON-GRANT
Annie Paul