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“The Affliction of Aesthetics”

by Patty Nicole Johnson

Melam partially unzipped the full body control unit and took a deep breath. It was crafted from lightweight fabric, yet designed to…

Speculative issue

“Luz”

by Wi-Moto Nyoka

I’m not good at being a witch. To say that I’m incompetent wouldn’t even cover it. My witchcraft is an amateur cocktail…

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“Corona & A Side of Chow Mein”

by Yakima Cuffy

SOUP: It is barely dawn, and the village of Layou is swallowed up in sleep and sea breeze. Tessa lays on her…

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“I Can Feel You”

by Ashley J. Hobbs

“Mannn, the things I could say about my boy, Romeo.” Chuckles rippled through the great hall; some tinged with nerves, others with…

FICTION | SHORT STORY/Speculative issue

“How to Make a Wish”

by Joséphine Mwanvua

On the first night the stars fell, the whole suburb rushed out of their beds and looked out their windows to see…

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“Intervention: Luz Ortega”

by Jennifer Celestin

Luz had faked a pregnancy in order to get the attention of her ex-boyfriend Johnny Rivera and kept it going for six…

Family/FICTION | SHORT STORY

“Hoodoo Lady Blues”

by Shi Williams

I stood at that door knowing the second I knocked on it I’d be a murderer. I had just limped two miles…

FICTION | SHORT STORY/Journal

“Holding Pattern”

by Desiree Evans

When Lenaya is twenty-seven she begins to see pieces of her mama everywhere. In the red lip color worn by a stranger…

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“A Deadly Weapon”

by Sierra Paige

1966 Sweat trickled down James’s forehead. The screaming from the crowd was earsplitting. The lights were so bright around the ring, and…

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