In this issue we have stories of kindred souls. A girl raised by wolves. A rescue team of a woman and her dog. Twins. Though space flight, swords, and battles, our kindred souls find love, peace, and contentment.

In “Tract,” William Carlos Williams encourages the abandonment of stylistic convention in favor of meaningful poetry. Here, the meaning lies in the democratization of space.

Hope has a dignity and a seriousness that cannot be ignored. Editor Scot Noel discusses how our evolutionary adaptation to focus on the negative and the fearful does little justice to our current capabilities and civilization.

Jane Lindskold’s popular Firekeeper saga continues in the pages of DreamForge as Firekeeper and Blind Seer are sent on a mysterious mission by a jaguar named Truth.

It would be a mistake to believe our current allegiances will follow humanity into space, and that those we see as colonists will not see us as madmen left behind.

Shame is a prison of the soul, and sometimes the fight to free yourself is a sharper one than even sword and shield can defend against.

Can one person be born into two bodies, or empathy be so complete that a pair of twins identify as a single being? Where some see oddity, others embrace diversity.

From a young age, the trials and transgressions of life can turn us against others, dull our empathy, and make us long for the power to lash out in retribution. Or not.

All is not as it is meant to be. Fate plays its part, and in the end we are left with a single possession to call our own: integrity.

The future is as vulnerable as the past and as terrifying as the present. Yet for every one who destroys, there are two who risk everything to save.

A rogue vinylmancer stands against the Coven of Silence to save the citysong of Austin, Texas. Backspinners and warpers beware, the magic is in the sound.

The journey was an endless ordeal, but I cherished every single moment of it… we had the blessing of working together, confronting all our hardships together.

We have so many people to thank! Founders, Kickstarter Heroes, Contributors, Friends, Family, and First Line Readers.