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Cover Image: Seagull, Swakopmund, Namibia. © Rémy Ngamije
Issue 1: A story happened here…
AUGUST, 2019
FICTION
The Heat by Coletta Kandemiri
Subterwhere by Ange Mucyo
Losing Out by Mutaleni Nadimi
Dankie Botswana (or, Semper Fi) by Rémy Ngamije
The Night-Time Oboist by Tuulikki Tammi
NONFICTION
The Trip North by Kavena Hambira
The Rat’s Dilemma by Emily Schlink
In Conversation:
Death, Detention, and Disappearance by David Smuts
POETRY
Ex Avibus by Brook Johnson
VISUAL ART
Latitudes by Kristin Capp
Mtanda And Sorese by Romeo Sinkala
Crosses and Walvis Bay by Shawn Van Eeden
EDITORIAL
A Story Happened Here by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Kristin Capp
Issue 2: Stories find stories…
FEBRUARY, 2020
FICTION
House Girl by Bongani Kona
Body In Six Parts by Makena Onjerika
Sharia Baudelaire by Alexandra Parss
City Heights by Mohammed Shehu
Woman On A Train by Don Stevenson
NONFICTION
Activism Beyond Wokeness by Jamil Khan
A Mourning Song by Zanta Nkumane
Realisations by Emily Schlink
POETRY
A Slave To Alcohol, Disastrous Word & Bearer Of Rumours by Verushcka Garises
Cape Town Tourist by Michael Kelleher
Drag by Esperance Luvindao
Embalming The Past, Let Us & Homo Sapiensaria by Pedro Vorster
VISUAL ART
Night Watch by Hallie Haller
My Work Is Not Done by Rofhiwa Maneta
Dry Dock by Shawn Van Eeden
EDITORIAL
Stories Find Stories by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Shawn Van Eeden
Issue 3: Stories from a small place…
JULY, 2020
FICTION
Our Mouths Hold Fire And Water by Jo-Ann Bekker
Body Riddled With Bullets by Jessemuse Cacinda
Where To Put The Things That Hurt by Jason De Klerk
Golden by Coletta Kandemiri
It Will Be Beautiful Again by Mubanga Kalimamukwento
This Little Light Of Mine by Troy Onyango
The Regent by Mohammed Shehu
Only Way To The Future Is Forward by Olivia Walton
NONFICTION
Shadow Man by Nicole Ludolph
Short Story Long, 01: Submission by Rémy Ngamije
Literatea, 01: The Facts Are Cold When The Tea Is Hot by Zukiswa Wanner
POETRY
Queens In Your Bloodline by Ros Limbo
A Heresia De Eva by Yara Monteiro
Dust Devil and Windhoek Wintering by Don Stevenson
Essentially There Is Nothing Wrong by Pedro Vorster
Fate Of The Departed by Dina Asabea Williams
VISUAL ART
UBhuku LukaMenzi by Mandisa Buthelezi
Lothar Von Throtha’s Ghosts by James Jamu
Vendor Of Dreams by Johan Johnston
Threshold by Nina Van Schalkwyk
Gentle Alpha and Unseen by Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
EDITORIAL
Stories From A Small Place by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa