The stories and poetry within Issue 7 confront fear and anger, successfully or not. Hope and resilience are shown through the character’s search for a future, for love, for belonging. There are also stories that show the outcome of giving into fear, when they let doubt claw its way inside. There’s a need for balance, to accept the dark within yourself without letting it shadow you.

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Editorial

Editorial by Rebecca Bennett

Short Fiction

White Crane and Red Fox by Chezza Lee

You and I and I and You by Camden Rose

Chew, Chew, Chew by Z. M. Asafzah

White Smoke from the West by J. Y. Zhang

Hex Triplet #00F00 by Laura Chilibeck

The Colour of Longing by Leo Oliveira

In Sheep’s Clothing by S. C. Mills

Poppies, Parchment, and Painted Nails by Em Rowene

Poetry

The starry path by Diem Okoye

Demonology for the Lovelorn by Jennifer Crow

All Relative by Ayida Shonibar

TONIGHT, EVEN THE MOON HAS TRAVELLED HOME by Daniel Oluremi

Numbered by Devan Barlow

Nonfiction

Can Someone Check On Abdul Aziz? by Bibi B.

Coup de Coeur: Recent Canadian spec-fic reads by Lulu Vidal

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