Heartlines Spec, Issue 1, Winter 2023

The first issue of Heartlines Spec contains the challenges, and joys, and frustrations that come from long-lasting connections. It’s a mother you never understood, a friendship that’s fierce but changing, the quiet gratitude of sipping champagne with someone you love. All the stories and poems within feature partners, families, lovers, and friends. The relationships between them are varied but strong.

Editorial by Rebecca Bennett

Short Fiction
Redline by A.D. Sui
And In The Silence After by C. J. Lavigne
Quintessence by Laura Chilibeck
FXH-351 by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko
Eat Cosmic Jello by Emily C. Skaftun
I Think About You, Only Louder by Jordan Kurella
The Day Comes by Shih-Li Kow

Poetry
Begrudgingly Tertiary by Angela Acosta
Coins for the Departed by Rasha Abdulhadi
ode to the sword by Anne Liberton
On Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Nnadi Samuel
The Price of Rent on Sarpedon by Marisca Pichette

Non-Fiction
Andromeda (disambiguation) by Mark A. McCutcheon

Heartlines 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.