Issue 57

‘A Kind of Equanimity’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Mian Mian’s poems initially appear to draw inspiration from Imagism, but then take…

‘What Approaches’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note There’s an Eisensteinian effect in Helminger’s poetry. Landscapes move like a bird’s eye,…

Selections from the Thiruvacagam

Editor's Note When the original work is already full of interpretive spaces, and two different…

Way of the Wa: In Harmony with Japan

Editor's Note Life, gathered in small portions. Across the vast, bewildering landscapes and moodboards that…

All the Miraculous Signs and Wonders

Editor's Note This is one of those stories that can be enjoyed on its own…

Escape Across the Danube

Editor's Note Mass massacres; the lives of survivors; the places where memory won’t go.  We…

The Supermarket

Editor's Note He tends to lose his way, and ends up crying in the middle…

House of Dolls

Editor's Note There is an unmoored madness here that actually makes sense, reminiscent of Toba…

Rocks

Editor's Note When an author's reputation grows to mountainous proportions, their stories get weighed down…

Reformation

Editor's Note I have not seen anyone disputing the adage, so I take it that…