Issue no. 15
April - July 2025
Unbinding
1 story every 3 weeks from mid-April until early July
In this issue, as in the world around us, certainties unravel. Gogol tells a story of words that blur into deeds. Ema Babikwa follows the trail of our unwanted. Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar watches humanity flicker in and out of view. Andleeb Shadani traces the lives of writers imprisoned by words. Finally, as walls threaten to close in around her, Odelia Younge takes (two-wheeled) flight.
Garbage men
Carcasses, they take carcasses
Ema Babikwa
to appear on 7 May
Training (sun)glasses
He perches/ his sunglasses on/ his forehead
Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar
to appear on 28 May
The children of Kafka
I told her that Javed was already in love, not with a girl, but with a dead man called Kafka
Andleeb Shadani
to appear on 18 June
Bicycle freedoms
I would say to myself, 'One day…'/ But that day never came
Odelia Younge
to appear on 9 July
Unbinding was curated by Fatima Raja. Stories were edited by Eleni Kotsira, Fatima Raja and Grace Zhou. Interviews were conducted by Ewa Majczak, Laura Moran and Grace Zhou.
The cover image was adapted from a photograph by Rebecca Dongallo and used under CC BY 2.0.