A Gathering of Butterflies
There’s a place I knew where my mother planted trees and children. All took root. The trees grew tall, straight,…
Speak OUT!
Speak OUT! is a collection curated by guest editors Brenda Lee-Browne, Beatrice Lamwaka, Rifat Munim and Peter Sipeli, from a call for submissions related to Freedom of Expression covering gender, LGBTQ+, race/ethnicity, and politics, among others. The collection is comprised of four issues, each featuring an introduction by one editor and 7-8 works of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction.
All stories
Editorial Issue 2 – We Must Speak OUT!
Did you know that when a little girl loses her mother, all she wants to do is live with her…
In fetters, Silent and Lonely
Winter this year has been a rainy one. However, not on this Wednesday which is dull and smoggy as winter…
Botched Affection
Slight tugs become tight hugs buried bruises because she refuses He’s not like that Small twist no fists concealed with…
A Matter of Time
On the morning when I spritzed a Dove spray on the nape of my neck and dabbed it lightly on…
Lettre à Simone
Paris, 19 August 2021 Chère Simone, My latest attempt to write your story is a failure. ‘Laboured,’ says my editor,…
Yesterday, I Cried
for Andrew Joseph Philogene
On Mimicry & Dream Dangling a Dead Bird
On Mimicry (after Erin Belieu) inside a gallery with strung up nylon clouds overhead you know who was who…
fish & Merchant
fish if you see me being swept out to sea, haul me ashore, with net or by hook in…
Editorial Issue 1 – Tudei kei na Kaukawa
Resistance and Power
Things must change
Jared didn’t want to go home. He rather considered walking to the nearby beach and jumping into the water so…
Chaos Theory & Non-binary Worship
Chaos Theory I go gently towards the ruin, cradling a lover. we loot the street's nominals, trying to shop…
archipelago
Birds at the Border
When the sari comes back from the istriwala, it’s still warm to touch, and a slice of old, dry newspaper…
Dubem
Today makes it one year; one year since we went out, raised our painted signs, waved our flags, believing with…
Fish Nor Fowl
I’m outside Tony’s Auto Glass in Maitland waiting for a new windscreen. My van’s worth less than the windscreen, but…