Issue 4 is all about institutions. “Institution” doesn’t just mean schools, jails, and hospitals. Rituals, traditions, and laws are institutions, too. Marriage is an institution, as are religion, war, art, motherhood, and friendship, to name a few. Where you find culture, you’re bound to find institutions, so look twice at what lurks between the lines of these stories.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Stalemate, by Rose Lemberg
More Embers than Feathers Filled the Firmament, by Penny Stirling
The Harbour Bears, by Trevor Shikaze
Fertility Tree, by Recle Etino Vibal
Bonsaiships of Venus, by Kate Heartfield