F(r)iction #11: Islands
F(r)iction #11 maps out a lush archipelago of new content to explore—tales of refuge, escape, isolation, kinship. To you newcomers: it’s strange. For all you seasoned travelers: it’s even stranger than you remember.
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Within these pages, a grieving vampire protects an abandoned penguin egg from the Antarctic winds. A voyeur, investigating her sister’s death on a swampy, doll-infested island, inherits the joyous and terrifying task of living. And a beached seafarer devours herself a new body. When the literary community bottles the wildest and weirdest of island writing and tosses it into the harbor of our inbox, what can we do but crack open that briny glass? Readers will not cross these shores and sail away unchanged.
In our Pioneering Writer Feature, Kwame Dawes talks artistic heritage, faith, and the ways in which social media isolates and enjoins. Our Debut Author, Ling Ma, dives deep into the process of writing Severance, an award-winning office-novel-turned-apocalyptic-satire. With fiction by Lydia Davis, nonfiction by Lee Gutkind, poetry by CAConrad, comics by Arthur Asa, and a Community Feature with Writers Without Margins, The Island Issue is not one to pass by. Whether newly marooned or traveling home, we hope you’ll float a while with us.
- Editor’s Note, words by Dani Hedlund, art by Brian Demers
- Summer Home, words by Brett Riley, art by Michelle Lockamy
- Three Poems, words by Inua Ellams, art by Tyler Champion
- Bird Island, words by Mark Jacobs, art by Enrica Angiolini
- Haiku on Skin, words by Len Kuntz, art by Catherine LaPointe Vollmer
- The Small Island, words by Heather Parry, art by Daniel Reneau
- Streets of Return: A Feature with Writers Without Margins, words by Adam Ferreira; Jimmy Thomas; Sara Willig; Joel Thompson; Kay Bluelondon, art by Tyler Champion
- Brown Wool Hothouse of a Suit, words by Lee Gutkind, art by Brian Demers
- Three Poems, words by CAConrad, art by Ejiwa Ebenebe
- Breaking Ground: A Debut Author Feature with Ling Ma, words by Ling Ma, art by Daniel Reneau
- & ? or I Only Dream When I’m in love, words by Tyler Friend, art by Daniel Reneau
- Voyeur, words and art by Arthur Asa
- On the Train to Stavanger, words by Lydia Davis, art by Enrica Angiolini
- Hanjia, words by Spencer Wise, art by Brian Demers
- An Act of Faith: A Pioneering Writer Feature with Kwame Dawes, words by Kwame Dawes, art by Michelle Lockamy
- Three Poems, words by Moniza Alvi, art by Lilly Higgs
- The End of Ys, words by Rosie Adams, art by Enrica Angiolini
| Publication Date | August 15, 2018 |
| Page Count | 140 |
| Language | English |
| Cover | Full-colour with subtle iridescent accents and a matte protective finish |
| Interior | Full-color illustrations throughout. The sewn binding allows the pages to lay nearly flat |
| Paper Stock | 128gsm matte paper |
| ISSN/ISBN | 074470298199 82 |
| Dimensions | 10" x 7" x .25" / 25cm x 18cm x .64cm |
| Weight | 0.97lbs / 440g |
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