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what spirits need on lonely nights
Ian Li what spirits need on lonely nights when the dead clamber into your candlelit speakeasy, melancholy etched on blanched faces, you never turn them away, for their glimmerless eyes tell you why they’ve surfaced, why they require an extra … Continue reading
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Through Hades and Beyond
Hannya Kay Through Hades and Beyond …………Crown Cinquain A path of stones and sand will stretch along the sky for those who die alone. Why should I fear? I fear in darkened dread, my life a memory that ebbs and … Continue reading
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Falling Between Seconds
Hannan Khan Falling Between Seconds the clock is black hole tickticktickticktickticktickticktickticktick— 12:01 AM and i’m already falling …………………………………………………drifting…………………………….slipping ………………………………………………………………….spinning new year’s resolutions like a torn confetti in a sooty …………………………………………………………………………………. subway tunnel like nostalgic receipts from last year’s bad decision— … Continue reading
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Dreaming of Dali
Lauren McBride Dreaming of Dalí In that dream, nothing made sense – not the great, eyeless face, nor the missing mouth, nor the ants, always ants fascinating, fearsome, frenzied, swarming ants being eaten, or eating . . . eating a … Continue reading
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Introduction to Poetry, Issue 95, Quarter 3, July 2025
Welcome the contributors from all over the world who helped make this issue a stellar one: Lauren McBride (Lubbock, Texas): Dreaming of Dalí Hannan Khan (Mailsi, Punjab, Pakistan): Falling Between Seconds Hannya Kay (Busot, Spain): Through Hades and Beyond Ian … Continue reading
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“Criteria for Belief” by Bonnie Brunish
Criteria for Belief When I was fourteen years old I discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars novels. The Chessmen of Mars inspired dreams, and those dreams inspired my own writing. But when I discussed the Mars books with my father, he … Continue reading
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A&A reviews Nordic Visions
Nordic Visions: The Best of Nordic Speculative Fiction (Solaris/Rebellion Publishing) Edited by Margrét Helgadóttir Bear in mind that very few stories and even fewer anthologies get translated from these languages. Nordic tongues have limited words, so any translation into English–that … Continue reading
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Peacemaker’s First Strike
Peacemaker’s First Strike by Jennifer S. Hane Have I dealt with any really bizarre curses, the kind that aren’t even in the books, maybe? You bet I have. A piece of advice, if you’re thinking of being a Shriver: the … Continue reading
To Touch the Wind
To Touch the Wind by Alicia Adams I always thought that on the day I met my soulmate it would smell like roses or something—maybe honey. I had been drinking whiskey neat for the better part of the night, though, … Continue reading
The Pull of Gravity
The Pull of Gravity by Daniel G. Keohane Jin woke, then waited, but no one came. Eventually he slid himself free of the cradle. Everyone else around him slept on, including his parents. Jin’s steps were heavy. Gravity was working; … Continue reading
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