Crossing Embers Sherilyn Hellberg "Joseph Butler’s first full collection

"Joseph Butler’s first full collection Hearthstone is stunning

death and resistance

These short stories look at aliens in many forms

The issue opens with Kuwaiti poet Saadiah Mufarreh

From short stories about unnerved fathers and lost mothers

Crossing Embers Sherilyn Hellberg "Joseph Butler’s first full collectionWidowed at a young age, Zahra finds herself being forced into a hasty marriage to her cousin. Having been conditioned by her family and society to perennially obey the societys diktats, taking destiny into her own hands seems nigh impossible. Her radical decision to do so takes her on the journey of discovery from an Omani village perched atop a mountain to the East African coast. But of more importance than her physical journey through space is her