Dear ,

Blank Spaces is here now!

First, we thank all the contributors:

‎Sonia Nicholson/Jill Eloise Vance/Faith-Anne Bell/Ace Boggess/Linda Crate/Tukur Loba Ridwan/Susanne Wolf/Bart Edelman/Sharisa Aidukaitis/Ayiyi Joel/Sharon Hoffman/Judith Rosner/Mary Salome/Giu Lio/Anderson Moses/Renee Cronley/Merlin Flower/Kristin Zimet/Wainaina Salama/Khayelihle Glenrose/Geoffrey Aitken/Umenyi Evelyn/Diarmuid ó Maolalai/Favour Emmanuel

Their beautiful work made this issue possible.

Huge thanks to every reader and all who have ordered the paperback version.

We are also thankful to the entire editorial and reading team. As well as the query team we set up to critique this issue. Yes, we wanted to test ourselves with the final volume of issue 5.

Now, go read Blank Spaces.

We will be awaiting your reviews and shares.

Stay Stripy,

SLM

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