Issue 22 Table of Contents
Though professional archivists may scold us for saying, we like to think that archives can be more than sacred hoards in various states of array. Fate finds creative ways to … Continue reading
Issue 21 Table of Contents
Full disclosure: we love our mixed drinks in these parts. So much so that, when friends of the magazine suggested we do a “Cocktails”-themed issue, we couldn’t say no. But … Continue reading
Issue 20 Table of Contents
Birds are perhaps the creatures we see most often in our day, whether we live in the country or city. Here’s an issue, then, devoted entirely to them. Some of … Continue reading
The Water-Bearer and the Hawk-King, by H. Pueyo
I Once there was a king, neither handsome nor kind, whose domain extended through the entire Misty Peak. This kingdom, known then as Zaltana, was splendorous, surrounded by a … Continue reading
A Map to a Future Unlike Any Past, by Karolina Fedyk
1. An unwanted blessing. There is a vagabond sleeping in the king’s forests, huddled in a cradle of tree roots. If you creep upon them when they don’t expect it—and … Continue reading
Heavy Reprises of a Dark Berceuse, by Priya Sridhar
I. Moderato General Tanager pressed a gloved hand to the nearest pillar and studied the lines that formed beneath it as she left a smouldering print. She curled her lip … Continue reading
Report on the Wren Queen’s Dementia, by Rhonda Eikamp
(Content note for suicide) The kind of thing she says Back in those days our birds would give us dreams and then we would know what to do with … Continue reading
The House of the Camphor, by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
On the way to the House of the Camphor, Tsubomi spotted the three-legged crow. She squeezed Tomie’s hand, pointing as it sprang silent as an apostrophe from a cedar. It … Continue reading
Issue 20 Foreword
Birds must be big right now. We worried this theme would be too narrow and that we wouldn’t be able to fill a table of contents with avian tales. But … Continue reading →