Editors: Oliver Fugler, Ashley Fortier, and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
Cover art by Lee Lai
Contributors include Kai Cheng Thom, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, Grace Kwan, jiaqing wilson-yang, Markus Harwood-Jones, Valérie Bah, Trish Salah, Kama La Mackerel, Hazel Jane Plante, Shanice Nicole, and H Felix Chau Bradley.
“I love the way anthologies celebrate community, bringing writers together, and push against the idea that writing is an isolated project.”
—Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, in the introduction to Vol. 1
“There was plenty of basement at home. In which to fight. In which to play. In which to engage in I-show-you-mine-you-show-me-yours with cousins and stray neighbourhood kids. In which to spin around a poteau many many times until your insides felt liquid and your hands smelled like dirty pennies.”
—from Valérie Bah’s “Playing in the Basement,” Vol. 2
“They leap out of bed, jostling last night’s hookup, who’s snoring gently, their head at an awkward angle, half-propped on one of Sal’s dense ergonomic pillows, salvaged from an ex who left town in a hurry.”
—from H Felix Chau Bradley’s “Brood,” Vol. 1
“She was too startled at his sudden vulnerability to hold on to anger. Watching his face in the pale glow of the television screen, she noticed it was shifting, constantly changing.”
—from jiaqing wilson-yang’s “Rewinding,” Vol. 2
