Heartlines Spec, Issue 6 (Fall 2024)

The sixth issue of Heartlines Spec is focused on relationships that once were and some that still are. These stories and poems span different types of loss, of grief, and how each allows for transformation. Whether it's spider-aliens in a forest, a dying starship, or new familiar—change is fundamental. Short Fiction Visiting Birds by Jen Tombs Grief's Apogee by R. J. Howell Legs, Scopulae, Pedipalps, Fangs by Jennifer Lesh Fleck Butchered Tongue by Gunnar De Winter Two by Two by Two by Celia Winter If Ever I Would Leave You by Katherine Heath Shaeffer Do You Know How the Lotus Flower Blooms? by T.H. Young Poetry The God of Friendship by Allison Burris Lonely Rocks by Tabor Skreslet my lover and i, sat in a giant space rat by Veda Villiers Beth by Kathryn Reese Astrometric Love by Ian Li Non-Fiction Devouring Jackie: Cannibalism, colonialism, and the power of female transformation by Aly Laube