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Cover Image: Jockey, Rehoboth, 2013. © Kristin Capp
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 & 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 Parrs
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 & 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 & Unseen by Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
EDITORIAL
Stories From A Small Place by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
Issue 4: Worlds beyond this one…
November, 2020
FICTION
The Letter by Dalene Kooper
December by Filemon Liyambo
Esmerelda by Natasha Omokhodion-Banda
Itch by Jarred Thompson
Fiction illustrations by Inger Junge
NONFICTION
The Roasted Plantain Seller Of East Legon by Bisi Adjapon
Auralgraph, Cape Town: Sights And Sounds by Vasti Calitz & Andri Burnett
Literatea 02 – Part 1: The Journey Is The Joy by Maaza Mengiste
Auralgraph, Kinshasa: No State Of Emergency by Merdi Mukore
Auralgraph, Nairobi: Karibu by Ndegwa Nguru
Short Story Long 02: Nonfiction by Zanta Nkumane
Auralgraph, Cairo: Bridge And Birdsong by Youssef Rakha
POETRY
Identité by Ayi Dossavi Renaud
No Fun by Tanveer Jeewa
What I Am by Undjizuva Kaputjaza
Walk On by Tinotenda Mashumba
A Goddess by Jayson Museta
Green And Greening by Pauline Buhle Ndhlovu
Her Yearning Soul by Beata Nuuyoma
La Fille by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
Poetry illustrations by Katherine Hunter
No Fun film by Ondjaki
VISUAL ART
Chrysalis by Namafu Amutse
Old Location by Dag Henrichsen & Dieter Hinrichs
Absent Normal, Normally Absent by Natache Sylvia Iilonga
That Is How We Are Feeling by Indira Mateta
Como Os Frutos & Oriki Para Omolu by Daisy Serena
Reino Angolar & Project Mir Afrika by Kwame Sousa
EDITORIAL
Worlds Beyond This One by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Namafu Amutse