The stories and poems in Issue 11 focus on acceptance: whether it's the changes in your family, the loss of your past, or that the future is more unexpected than you planned for it to be. Acceptance isn't a defeat, it doesn't have to be quiet or soft. Sometimes acceptance is clawed. EditorialEditorial by Rebecca Bennett Short FictionThe Ache Before the Wound by Hap AzizSecrets of the Sea by Ares J. BenoitThe Kingdom She Carried by Jillian SchedneckThe Lazarus Heart by Esther LimFishbowlhead by Moh AfdhaalA Knight of Leisure by J. A. EspersmythThe Tree by T.R. SteeleOn the Occasion of Your Daughter Becoming a Kallikantzaros by Avra Margariti PoetryGreenhouse by Julia SinclairSix Minutes Till School by Chris Clemensrecollection: to taste by Wren DouglasTwin mission by Diem Okoye Like Clockwork by R. F. Hovis NonfictionCoup de Coeur: Recent Canadian spec-fic reads by Lulu Vidal Heartlines Spec is a speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best. We are a primarily a Canadian magazine, looking to feature writers identifying as being from Canada/Turtle Island. Issues are produced three times a year: February, July, and November.
