The Guayacan Tree
Ida’s seven children delivered a theatrical speech and then waited for the ensuing applause. It was a circus performance. Later,…
Remember To Rest
Remember to Rest is a collection curated by guest editors Jo Maenzanise, Roopa Farooki and Kevin Mwachiro, in response to a call for submissions on Healthy Communities. The collection comprises three issues, each featuring an introduction by one editor and 7-9 works of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. We also include, at the end of the collection, four pieces commissioned during the pandemic. Read the works here.
All stories
Surge
For Dr S Waite A glass door separates us. My teacher stands on the other side of my apartment,…
Editorial Issue 1 – Pain, Pea-Sized or Not…
Health The state of being free from illness or injury. A person’s mental or physical condition. Through fiction and non-fiction,…
Bougainvillea Boy
When my father says that I’m almost as handsome as him outside in midday heat with mirthful eyes and a…
Ijeoma
March 2021 Hi. My name is Ijeoma, and this is the story of my life. Or, I guess I should…
Mama Graon what have we done?
Written in response to the Tonga volcano eruption and reaction from the Vanuatu volcanoes
needlework
the body that I love lives somewhere between the 3rd and 4th surgeries. before venom coarsed its veins, pursuing survival once…
The Story of a Wounded healer
The usual beeps and toots emanated from the Boyle’s apparatus, the machine delivering anaesthesia which was at the head of…
The Long Way Home
I suppose a third miscarriage warrants a tropical vacation. I suppose when you have been waiting in vain for a…
Vagina Diaries
There’s a kind of pain that strikes and dies at the speed of a blink. You’ll still feel its sharpness.…
Small-Town Sanity: Creating a Place to Heal in Aotearoa
I once did not feel a sense of belonging in Aotearoa. When you belong somewhere, you can plant your feet…
A Familiar Disquiet
A prayer call pierced the cool evening air. It had rained, and the street outside was washed clean of the…
A Broken Mirror
Translated from French to English by Jeffrey Zuckerman Once the mirror is broken, nothing remains which can help us to…
Cross Words in Lockdown
#WhatIAmDoingWithMyTime
The Invisible Language
Translated from Portuguese to English by David Brookshaw
shaved head poem
living in testing times. most testing times in one hundred years. pandemic sweeping through our world will wipe clean pages…