Issue 3

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Dorothy Chan’s Editor’s Note: A Triple Sonnet for Valentine’s Day

Table for ten at dim sum is my V-Day dream…

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Opener: “(sol)ace” by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

The incredible Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon opens this Valentine’s Day issue.

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Poetry: “Qaemot for When Blood Says” by Rosebud Ben-Oni

A Qaemot is a sort of prayer for a Jewish exorcism. This is part of a new series on “exorcism poems” for Rosebud Ben-Oni.

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Animals: Three Poems by Jessica Nirvana Ram

… see my fury reflected in his fear soaked irises as he realizes he is not the predator here.

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Poetry: “Heritage PoemTM” by Grace Q. Song

Only women appear in the Heritage Poem™,

and the mother is the most important.

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Animals: “If you string your dreams together they create another reality” by Teri Vela

The thing I want to see // in a dream // is me // singing I am something new // I am something new // I am something new.

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Hybrid: “What is the Name of Your Survival?” by Ina Cariño

there are different ways to say my name: scar tissue starling, custard apple blemished in summer heat.

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Comics: "Haiku Comics" by Shin Yu Pai and Justin Rueff

We proudly present a gorgeous set of haiku comics.

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Hybrid: “BREACH” by Linda Chavers

I didn’t know anyone else could see me / The waters so cloudy and my sinking so deep.

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Hybrid: “Portrait of Trauma as Lite-Brite (in which “I” is any child), ages 0+” by Jade Yeung

“I wasn’t sure whether to begin those happy sad stories with ‘I’ or ‘She’ or ‘He’ or ‘We’ or ‘One time’ or ‘Don’t tell nobody’ or….” -Kiese Laymon, Heavy

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Poetry: “A Song of Revival in New York City, While My Father is Asleep” by Alan Chazaro

Tomorrow, / I promise I will unbury my fingers / from yesterday’s losses.

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Comics: Two Comics by Danielle Taphanel

We proudly present two gorgeous illustrations by Danielle Taphanel.

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Hybrid: Two Prose Poems by Felicia Zamora

In the 2021 article, Diana Trujillo helps design the rover’s robotic / arm; Diana Trujillo wonders if we are alone

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Comics: “Toilet Humor” by Mark He

Pro-Longing, Belonging

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Rants & Raves: “So Jurassking About Reconstruction? On Dinos, Enslavement, and Society” by B.L. Panther

So Jurassking about reconstruction?

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A Ghost Is Not Scary: An Interview with Sneha Subramanian Kanta on Ghost Tracks

Editor in Chief Dorothy Chan interviews Sneha Subramanian Kanta on her new chapbook, GHOST TRACKS.

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Valentines: “Two Sapphic Queens” by MicKenzie Fasteland

Papercutting extraordinaire, MicKenzie Fasteland presents “Two Sapphic Queens” this Valentine’s Day.

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Animals: “Be Safe, Honey” by Dhwanee Goyal

The mosquitoes have started unshelling…

Issue 3

Honey Literary