COLUMNS
Gaze
Irena Ioannou on science, religion and the afterlife, and the freedom of debate
Head Above Water
Tim Clark on the phenomenon that is Space Force and becoming a Guardian of the Galaxy
Soapbox
Mike Hembury on a future beyond the system and how resistance is hope
Letters from Berlin
Annie Mark-Westfall on pandemic emotions and waiting for normal life to be reborn
The Book Doctor
Caroline Donahue on embracing the unknown as a writer and letting go of perfectionism
FICTION
Kurt Newton
Kurt Newton’s short story ‘The Nature Photographer’
Scott D. Vander Ploeg
Scott D. Vander Ploeg’s short story ‘Space Coasting’
mr oCean
mr oCean’s flash fiction story ‘A Drop from the Ocean’
CENTER STAGE
SPOKEN WORD
Center Stage
Center Stage celebrates the work of poet Yamini Pathak
Gaby Bila
Lady Gaby’s spoken word performance of her poem ‘At Death (in Romania)
POETRY
Brittney Corrigan
Brittney Corrigan’s poems ‘The Last Two Northern White Rhinos Discuss the Birds and the Bees’, ‘Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit’, and ‘Orion in the Oregon Outback’
Dotty LeMieux
Dotty LeMieux’s poem ‘Sister Moon’
GTimothy Gordan
GTimothy Gordan’s poems ‘PALE FIRES I & PALE FIRES II’ and ‘EMPTY HEAVEN, EMPTY EARTH’
Joseph Farina
Joseph Farina’s poems ‘daring of spirits’, ‘invocation’, and ‘epiphany under polaris’
Jaime Speed
Jaime Speed’s poem ‘Disappear to chase trains’
Hiba Heba
Hiba Heba’s poems ‘A postcard from my mother who met death in the most startling way’, ‘Asylum’, and ‘Prelude’
Marianne Peel
Marianne Peel’s poem ‘I Played Among the Talking Trees’
Sherre Vernon
Sherre Vernon’s poem ‘Where the Veil is Thin’
POETRY REVIEWS
Open Your Eyes Review
Mike Hembury’s review of the poetry anthology ‘Open Your Eyes’ edited by Vinita Agrawal
‘Grief Bacon’ review
Review of the poetry collection ‘Grief Bacon’ by CL Bledsoe
QUARANTINE COMFORTS
Nina Hynes’s new single ‘Go’ – go buy and support her on Bandcamp
‘Growler Rising’ by Dee Mulrooney
Listen to our editor Kusi Okamura on the Secret Library podcast talk about the need for writers over 40
Music online with Mick Hembury and Jenka Bühler
Yin Yoga in your sitting room with Erinbell Fanore
Fascinating interview series with Daniel Lazaar