Heartlines Spec, Issue 7 (Spring 2025)

The stories and poetry within Issue 7 confront fear and anger, successfully or not. Hope and resilience are shown through the character's search for a future, for love, for belonging. There are also stories that show the outcome of giving into fear, when they let doubt claw its way inside. There's a need for balance, to accept the dark within yourself without letting it shadow you. Editorial Editorialby Rebecca Bennett Short Fiction You and I and I and You by Camden Rose Chew, Chew, Chew by Z. M. Asafzah White Smoke from the West by J. Y. Zhang Hex Triplet #00F00 by Laura Chilibeck The Colour of Longing by Leo Oliveira White Crane and Red Fox by Chezza Lee In Sheep's Clothing by S. C. Mills Poppies, Parchment, and Painted Nails by Em Rowene Poetry Demonology for the Lovelorn by Jennifer Crow The starry path by Diem Okoye All Relative by Ayida Shonibar TONIGHT, EVEN THE MOON HAS TRAVELLED HOME by Daniel Oluremi Numbered by Devan Barlow Non-Fiction Can Someone Check On Abdul Aziz? by Bibi B. Coup de Coeur: Recent Canadian spec-fic reads by Lulu Vidal