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Issue Four: Arcana

Weights and Measures
When her brother gets tangled up in an accidental demon deal, a young woman returns to her strange hometown to get him out of it—but going home means…
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Korinne West
1
Siberian Sprites
An optimistic horror fantasy set deep in the Siberian forest
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Elly Campbell
3
Secret Places
A man, a sick child, a cake slicer, and a four-and-a-half-foot talking parakeet meet in a hospital room
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Dustin Michael
1
Barefoot Ella
An optimistic fractured fairytale
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Amy Marques
2
A Dream of Breaking White Stones
Enter a dreamscape of eagles, wolves, mad queens, and monsters
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Jacquelyn "Jacsun" Shah
3
Perseids
The cosmic magic of a meteor shower and a conversation with the stars
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Catheryne Gagnon
Three Retellings
Revisiting the tales of Pandora, Narcissus, and Cassiopeia
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E. Martinez
Parabola
On a remote outpost in the middle of the sea, two friends are menaced by an orb which appears in the sky out of nowhere.
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J. Billings
Magnetic North
A graduate student desperate to finish her thesis and establish her independence grapples with her past, her future, and the mysteries of the present.
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Sara Gorske
Daily Routine
The life and times of a young, contemporary witch
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Mahaila Smith
"Making Matcha in the Afternoon" and "Salt"
Two poems about mythology, dreams, and imagination
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Kate Wylie
1
Incandescence, Bottled 2063
What could magical technology look like in the future?
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Greer Banks
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