Fiction, Issue 2 Alex McInnis Fiction, Issue 2 Alex McInnis

Mother of Pearl

“Crumpled white shapes bobbed at waist height just past the verandah — the glowing heads of wild iris, their spiked bodies dark and rustling underneath. Standing among them was Sal, her hands held out so that the flowers head-butted and kissed her knuckles and wrists, and Jo couldn’t have said why but from then on she trusted Sal, and started looking at her straight on instead of sideways…”

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Poetry, Issue 2 Lyn Dickens Poetry, Issue 2 Lyn Dickens

South

“they will take their offerings to Ma Cho Po and pray for our journey / for the abundance that awaits us / beyond the plantations and indenture / the coolies’ debt / No Dogs or Chinese…”

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Poetry, Issue 2 Megan Coupland Poetry, Issue 2 Megan Coupland

Sounding Line

“And / it's barely perceptible when / you do move: a small pebble / cast from the boat, and then / another and another; the / tentative ripples stay close…”

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Poetry, Issue 2 Hassan A. Usman Poetry, Issue 2 Hassan A. Usman

Asylum

“he asked why I raced that fast while I was still putting back my heart into my / chest panting & scared I took a fishy look at him & replied I thought it was gunshots…”

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