Heartlines Spec Issue 2 (Spring/Summer 2023)

This second issue of Heartlines Spec has poignancy running throughout. It's in the powerful stories that fill the space in your heart. The poems that grip your hand and whisper to you. The essays that lean forward, elbows on the table, to tell you something vital. It's a feeling of something that's not forlorn, not sad, not fluffy, but poignant-pain in the chest, funny flipflop heartbeat, and wistful smile with a shimmer of comfort.
Editorial by Heather ClitheroeShort FictionThe Long Way Home from Gaia BH1 by Manuela AmiounySibble-Sweet by Carol B. DuncanThe Saint of Lost and Stolen Things by E. M. LindenAutumn Without Rain by Lucy ZhangPomegranate Anatomy by Diana DimaNight Blooms by Narrelle M. HarrisThe Bodytakers by Eva PapasouliotiLost Time in the Turnaround by Sarah RamdawarPoetryThe Magician's Foundling by Angel LealFive Things said by the Deity's Lover by Goran LowieHarrowing Nightwatch by Gretchen TessmerAs a, I want to, so I can by Kelley TaiParable With Time Travel by Ashish Kumar SinghNon-FictionIt Takes (More Than?) Two: Relationships and their impact on the broader environment by Lynne SargentMeet me at the bar by Mary SancheHeartlines Spec is an online speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships.
It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best. Issues are released three times a year.