Issue 56

‘Prisoner’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Chitrakonda Gangadhar’s unique, rash voice flashed briefly in some Telugu journals, and disappeared…

‘Afternoon on Our Street’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Drawing from her life as an obstetrician-surgeon, as a woman, and as a…

A Bitter Consolation

Editor's Note It seems to me that the picaresque story is in short supply. The…

Funeral for a Demon

Editor's Note Srividya Tadepalli's  "Funeral for a Demon" was awarded the 2023 Deodar Prize.  It…

Sindy and the Artist

Editor's Note Vesna Main’s story lays out two selves of a woman at the beginning…

Selkie Skin

Editor's Note R. M. Fradkin's story of a woman who believes she is someone else…

What Can You Eat, Smriti?

Editor's Note There is something about ‘body horror’ - the genre that take simple, basic…

The Uncertainty Principle

Editor's Note It's by now an old truism that science digs for causes, but fiction…

It’s A Shame What People Do Here

Editor's Note James D’Angelo’s ‘It’s A Shame What People Do Here’ is a story about…

Studio C

Editor's Note Gabriel Granillo's story is told from the perspective of an American talk show…