POETRY
piss poem – Kopano Maroga 18
fallen son – Kopano Maroga 20
strontstrepe – Zian Viviers 21
Seizure – Genna Gardini 23
Don’t talk about the moon – Genna Gardini 24
Lunatic – Kate Thompson Davy 25
My grandfather’s house – Saaleha Bamjee 26
Soon I will run out of things I did only when you were alive (or Last Year, This Time) – Saaleha Bamjee 27
She Dies on the 19th of January 1995 – Rowallan Roy Vorster 28
A Bullet for a Dog – Rowallan Roy Vorster 30
Mango II – Pearl Squires 31
The Party – Pearl Squires 32
All are welcome, but my own – Michelle de Villiers 33
Homecoming – Leora Jones 35
Diptych – Adam van Graan 36
turtledove – Lindi-Ann Hewitt-Coleman 37
it’s easier to talk about dead birds – Jenna Mervis 39
old words I have remembered (that I wish I never had to) – Peter Midgley 41
Weak positive – Jem-Dara Glogauer 43
Kuvaliwe – MG Mdliva 44
Iintanda Zomphefumlo – MG Mdliva 45
Die plek issi reg– Chestlyn Draghoender 46
Ek is die fondasie wat julle vergeet het – Laniëlle Hartzenberg 48

PROSE
What Do You Think Your Dog Thinks About? – Catherine McPherson 52
Camdeboo – Kate Thompson Davy 58
The Darkness Hums – Prenesa Naidoo 63
The First Day of My Life – Itto & Mekíya Outini 68
Baby blue moon – Helen le Roux 75
Staatmaker – Carolyn Meads 77
Saltwater – Afolabi Opanubi 84

CRITICISM & INTERVIEWS
Zeenit Saban-Jacobs interviewed by David Mann 96
a corpse is also a garden by Peter Madibuseng Odendaal – Reviewed by Cameron Peters 100