Reckoning 7 — Octavia Cade

[O]ne of those speculative fiction magazines that I get genuinely excited to read because the kind of stories they publish are always some concept or execution I've never seen before.-Alex Brown, reviewer for Tor.comReckoning 7, edited by Octavia Cade, Priya Chand, and Tim Fab-Eme, focuses on oceans and the global water cycle.Featuring poetry, essays, fiction, and art by Elsie Andrewes, Priya Chand, Tim Fab-Eme, Octavia Cade, Nadine Aurora Tabing, Emily Alta Hockaday, Tehnuka, Naila Francis, C.G. Aubrey, Anastasia Jill, Dheepa R. Maturi, The Reverend Emilie Teresa Smith, E.C. Barrett, Rajiv Moté, Sam Claussen, Virginia Boudreau, Sera Gamble, Ruth Joffre, Ivy Raff, Colm O'Shea, Elizabeth Wilson Davies, Oyedotun Damilola Muees, Ejiro Elizabeth Edward, Aparna Paul, Amanda Yskamp, Maria S. Picone, Susan L. Lin, Micah Nemerever, Mo Usavage, Varun U. Shetty, L. Chan, Justine Norton-Kertson, Sara E. Palmer, Filomena Acosta, J.H. Lee, Floris M. Kleijne, Cristina Legarda, Dyani Sabin, Kelsea Yu, and T. K. Rex.Ebook release: January 8, 2023Print release: July 2023Trade paper, perfect-bound. 256 pages, 65,000 words.ContentsArtDrua - Elsie Andrewes Sacral - Amanda YskampEssaysEditorial - Priya ChandEditorial - Tim Fab-Eme Editorial - Octavia CadeA River Dance: Cauvery in Crisis - Dheepa R. Maturi From the River to the Sea - The Reverend Emilie Teresa SmithThe Dream Catcher's Island - Ejiro Elizabeth Edward FictionThe Bright in the Gyre - Nadine Aurora Tabing Why We Bury Our Dead at Sea - Tehnuka A Predatory Transience - C.G. Aubrey Swimming Whole - E.C. Barrett The Air Will Catch Us - Rajiv Moté Icediver - Ruth JoffreA Song for the Selkies - Oyedotun Damilola Muees Little Apocalypses - Aparna Paul Inclement Weather - Susan L. LinWhat It Means to Love a City - Mo Usavage The Sand Knows Its Way Home - L. Chan A Glass of You - Filomena Acosta Yellow River Burial - Floris M. Kleijne A Scarcity of Sharks - Kelsea Yu SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER - T. K. RexPoetryLies You've Told About the Pacific Garbage Patch - Emily Alta Hockaday After encountering the grey whales in El Burbujon, Laguna Ojo de Liebre - Naila Francis Facebook Event: Run into the Category 5 Winds of a Woman Pretending to be a Hurricane - Anastasia Jill The Split-in-Half Lumberjacks - Sam Claussen Aftermath - Virginia Boudreau the world as it is - Sera Gamble In Memory of Thwaites Glacier - Ivy Raff Carbon Sink - Colm O'Shea Cantre'r Gwaelod - Elizabeth Wilson Davies Ocean Vengeance - Maria S. Picone P-T - Micah Nemerever Losing Ground - Varun U. Shetty Great Barrier Reef - Justine Norton-Kertson Reconciliation - Sara E. Palmer Sublease of Land - J.H. Lee How to Place an Intravenous Line - Cristina Legarda History of Orconectes - Dyani Sabin