Issue 2 contains nine of the shortlisted stories from the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Special thanks to Sunila Galappatti for editing the collection. Read Issue 1 here.

Speaking In Tongues

by Shelley Burne-Field

The Kite

by Sophia Khan

Have Mercy

by Sharma Taylor

Fault Lines

by Pritika Rao

The Stars and the Scars

by Penny Woods

Thandiwe

by Mubanga Kalimamukwento

A Landscape Memoir

by Jonathan Pizarro

Something Happened Here

by Dera Duru

Losing Count

by Alexandra Manglis