“Re-Race”

by Samantha Steiner

Samantha Steiner, MFA (she/her/hers) is a Fulbright Scholar and two-time Best of the Net nominee. Her work is published or forthcoming in Sou’wester, the Apple Valley Review, Beyond Words, and the print anthology Coffin Bell 2.2. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @Steiner_Reads.

Audio Narration by Bracy Appeikumoh. Bracy Appeikumoh is a Sarah Lawrence College Creative Writing (Speculative Fiction) MFA candidate who writes to imagine a world wholly different from our own. She explores issues such as sexuality, gaze theory, the subversive effects of fandom culture, and internet culture. Also a nerd. Find her on Twitter @bybracy. Humor her by visiting her website appeikumoh.carrd.co. You'll get a cookie.

“The Creation of A.D.I.W.A.”

by Ernst Perdriel

Ernst Perdriel is of African descent and was born in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) in 1974. He is a multi-field artist (visual art, photography, writing - French), designer and horticulturist. His life mission: To transmit the passion of the cultural and environmental heritage through arts, lifestyle and sharing of knowledge. He participates in solo and group exhibitions in visual arts since 1995. Perdriel has contributed in numerous publications since 1992 as a writer, illustrator, artist, photographer and in self-publishing. His works have appeared in Sunspot Literary Journal, Seisma Magazine, Photo Solution Magazine, Into the Void, The Healing Muse, Iris Literary Journal, 3Elements Literary Review, Hey, I'm Alive Magazine and others.

“Machu Picchu”

by Nancy Cook

U.S.-based writer Nancy Cook lives 475 kilometers from the Canadian border. She serves as flash fiction editor for Kallisto Gaia Press and also runs “The Witness Project,” a program of free community writing workshops in Minneapolis intended to enable creative work by underrepresented voices. Some of her newest work can be found in The London Reader, Channel Magazine, and the Michigan Quarterly Review.

“Neighbor Beta”

by Patty Johnson

Patty Nicole Johnson is a Black and Puerto Rican science fiction writer. In her Chicago bungalow, she weaponizes time travel, holograms, multiverses and more to envision a more equitable society. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in New American Legends, On the Seawall, Midnight & Indigo, Black Sci-Fi Gothic Fantasy Anthology and Constelación. She primarily writes flash fiction and short stories, yet she’s revising her debut novel, The Rhythm of Reveries. She was also a moderator and panelist for the FIYAHCON 2020 Virtual Conference for BIPOC+ In Speculative Fiction. Read her work at pattynjohnson.com, or find her on Twitter & Instagram at @pattynjohnson.

“We Are Watching U” and “Walter Walace jr”

by Jihan Thomas

Jihan Thomas Is a visual fine artist and arts educator. She has been teaching in the Philadelphia community for over 15 years. Her work is inspired by the people and their patterns of life. She journeys through her expressions from the lens of a black women in a Black body. Themes in her artwork consist of race, joy, history, rebellion, Afrofuturism, strength, pain, power, motherhood, love and the relationships of womanhood through the Black womans anatomy.

Instagram: @mindsmine3

“Night Storm”

by Richard Dinges Jr.

Richard Dinges Jr. lives and works by a pond among trees and grassland, along with his wife, one dog, three cats, and seven chickens. Pennsylvania English, Stickman Review, North Dakota Review, Talking River Review, and William and Mary Review most recently accepted his poems for their publications.

“They Argue and the World Gets Crazy”

by Edward Supranowicz

Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, The Door Is a Jar, The Phoenix, and other journals. Edward is also a published poet.

“Made for the New Neighbors”

by Max Kerwien

Max Kerwien is a poet and comedian. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. In 2016, he won the Joan Grayston Poetry Prize. In 2018, he published his first collection of poetry, “Poems to Ruin Dinner with.”

Instagram: @kerwien

“filth”

by Jonathan Chan

Jonathan Chan is a recent graduate in English from Cambridge University. Born in New York to a Malaysian father and South Korean mother, he was raised in Singapore where he is presently based. He is interested in questions of faith, identity, and creative expression. He has recently been moved by the writing of John Donne, Robert Macfarlane, and Cathy Park Hong. You can find more of his work at jonbcy.wordpress.com.

“One day the sky began to weep”

by Rashida James-Saadiya

Rashida James-Saadiya is a writer and cultural educator who uses African-futurism to explore migration, identity, the transmission of spirituality, and cultural memory amongst Black women. Her work has appeared in al-Qalam, Hand to Hand Poets Respond to Race, Voyages Africana Journal, and Kaleidoscope Contemporary Muslim Voices. She has many dreams and is doing her best to write, speak, see, and touch them all.

“The Wind Walker”

by Salizan Takisvilainan (translated by C.J. Anderson-Wu)

Salizan Takisvilainan is an indigenous Bunun writer from Taiwan. In addition to his literary career, he is a mountain guide for backpackers hiking in his ancestors' traditional territory. Salizan Takisvilainan is the recipient of many literature awards, among them the 2016 Gold Prize of Taiwan Literature Award was the most eminent honor in Taiwanese literature society. In 2020, his book of prose "Carrying Mountains with their Tumpline - the Story of Bunun Mountain Guides, Porters, and Forest Patrols" was shortlisted by the Taiwan Literature Award.

C.J. Anderson-Wu is a writer, translator and publisher of Taiwanese literature.