GUEST EDITORS
Bongani Sibanda, Hibaq Osman and Filemon Iiyambo
COVER IMAGE
Image title: soft soul gentle flowers
Photography: Ndomété Maliko Dessande
ILLUSTRATOR
Mòje Ikpeme
IN THIS ISSUE
FICTION
Michael Ogah, Lucille Sambo, Riobo Bita Dougan, Katherine-Tulonga Amakali, Kailah Figueroa, Mercy Munyanya
POETRY
Tylyn Johnson, Saddiq Dzukogi, Georgio Russell, Beah Batakou, Jade Mutyora, Muiz Ọpẹ́yẹmí Àjàyí
NONFICTION
Sitawa Namwalie, Wale Ayinla, hn. lyonga, Halima Adisa, Anna-Maria Poku
PHOTOGRAPHY
Fabrice Mbonankira, Ololade Lawal
EDITOR’S NOTE
The Shape of Stories to Come
An Editorial
INTRODUCTION
All the Great Stories Around Us
An introduction to the issue by the guest editors:
Bongani Sibanda, Hibaq Osman and Filemon Iiyambo
FICTION
The Unlikeliest of Foes
Michael Ogah
Sande
Mercy Munyanya
A Temporal Trip
Riobo Bita Dougan
My Lifetime of Empties
Kailah Figueroa
The Disease Is in Our Bones
Lucille Sambo
Providence
Katherine-Tulonga Amakali
POETRY
A Paroxysm in a Cycle & Other Poems
Tylyn K. Johnson
The Ark Upon High Tide & Other Poems
Beah Batakou
A Complicated Joy & Other Poems
Saddiq Dzukogi
Awake in Waterhouse & Other Poems
Georgio Russell
Mwari & Other Poems
Jade Mutyora
Audacity to Dream at Vespers & Other Poems
Muiz Ọpẹ́yẹmí Àjàyí
NONFICTION
The Doll Thief
Sitawa Namwalie
Places
Wale Ayinla
Growing Pains
Anna-Maria Poku
At the Foot of a Tree
hn. lyonga
Teach Me So I Don’t Wither
Halimah Adisa
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bird Lake
Fabrice Mbonankira
Love Yours
Ololade Lawal