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"A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. --Arabian proverb

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Our February issue features contemplative prose and shadowy characters.

Essay

Marguerite Bouvard tells the story of a mysterious man who led a legal dispute in a small town in the
French countryside

Interpretation

Debrenee Adkisson’s poem takes us to a quiet, dark street in Germany

Elayne Clift imagines the secret life of an elderly eternally woman stuck in a remote hostel in Khartoum

Review

Suzanne Kamata reviews several stories of motherhood from around the world