Table of Contents Inaugural Issue Editorial Lavanya and Deepika by Shveta Thakrar Sister and Bones by Mari Ness The 1812 map of Asia featured on the cover is by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis. The map is in the public domain. Cover design by Nin Harris.
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Lavanya and Deepika by Shveta Thakrar Once upon a time, in a land radiant with stars and redolent of sandalwood, where peacocks breakfasted on dreams salty with the residue of slumber, a rani mourned. On the surface, the rani had everything: a kingdom to care for, fine jewels to wear in her long black hair,
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Sister and Bones by Mari Ness They say that before we were born, our mother gathered four cups and pounded plum blossoms and cherry bark and leaves from nine trees caught before they reached the ground into her powdered green tea, fresh as a spring after the departure of the winter snows. The tea hissed
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