Contents:

#9

THE ISHOLOGU // Jonathan Kincade

GLOSS // Kola Heyward-Rotimi

THE DAEMON KING OF ENGIM // Rafeeat Aliyu

NOTES ON THE PLAGUE // Shamar Harriott

THE RAT KING OF SPANISH HARLEM // Nicky Drayden

[POEM] NEST // B. Sharise Moore

[POEM] THE BASKET WEAVE // Soonest Nathaniel

#10: HAIR

IN THAT PLACE SHE GROWS A GARDEN // Del Sandeen

MY SNAKES // Frieda Vaughn

NO LATE-FOR-SCHOOL // Shari Paul

WHILE DRAGONS CLAIM THE SKY // Jen Brown

[POEM] Umake: the God of Hair // Tim Fab-Eme

[POEM] Bury Me With My Bonnet // A. Z. Louise

[POEM] Unbraided, Clean // Terese Mason Pierre

#11

PIMENTO // Dean-Paul E. Stephens

IBRAHIMA AND THE GREEN FISHING NET // Omar William Sow

WHEN YOU FIND A DRAGON, NAME THEM FOR ME // Tamara Jeree

DOLL SEED // Michele Tracy Berger

[POEM] A Song for Midday // Maz Hedgehog

[POEM] Ọ́jí Íjè [KOLA JOURNEY] // Uche Ogbuji

#12: CHAINS

THE MIDNIGHT HOST // Gregory Neil Harris

RECLAIMING TESS // Brittany Smith

CORIALIS // T. L. Huchu

AN IRRATIONAL LOVE // Marika Bailey

[POEM] Not an ordinary dream // Dike Okoro