Mithila Review№ 12 12 Diaspora Currents April 2019 Issue 12 · April 2019 Diaspora Currents Broad international cohort of fiction, poetry, and book reviews from emerging voices. Read the issue Collector edition 33 works 7 fiction · 13 poetry · 2 essays & articles · 9 interviews · 2 reviews Edited by Salik Shah Fiction 7 works 01 The Kiss of the Water Malena Salazar Maciá & Toshiya Kamei Read → 02 The Carnival of Human Nature Dennis Mombauer Read → 03 The Executioner General Balasa Read → 04 Sonya, Josephine, and the Tragic Re-Invention of the Telephone I. S. Heynen Read → 05 Flower Arranging at the End of the Japanese Empire Dean A. Brink Read → 06 Upshot Drema Deòraich Read → 07 The Ghost Teas of Sakurajima Deborah L. Davitt Read → Poetry 13 works 01 Tethered and Tied Holly Day Read → 02 Lesson Plan Holly Day Read → 03 Talking in Circles Holly Day Read → 04 Social Media Manticore May Chong Read → 05 The Satyr's Acolyte Abergrand Read → 06 Mud Dauber Wasp Nest Keeler Read → 07 Super Mario; Or, Everything I Needed to Learn About Relationships Michael T. Smith Read → 08 Kirby; Or Everything I Needed to Know About Consumption Michael T. Smith Read → 09 Vestiges of you Quynh Read → 10 Glimmerglimpse Logan Read → 11 Electrocologies Logan Read → 12 Litmus S. G. Deshpande & Narendrap Read → 13 The Shuttle Took Off / और यान उड़ गया A. Dubey & Kshama Gautam Read → Essays & Articles 2 works 01 How science fiction and fantasy can help us make sense of the world Ansell Read → 02 This Extraordinary Being Salik Shah Read → Interviews 9 works 01 "When power is unchecked, particularly in an atmosphere of dehumanization, the results can be horrific" Salik Shah & D. A. Hewitt Read → 02 Lorenzo Latrofa & Massimiliano di Lauro on Animating the Story of Migration & Exile Salik Shah Read → 03 Making Sense of Absurd, All-Encompassing, Terrifying Super-Capitalism with Dennis Mombauer Dennis Mombauer & Chaitanya Murali Read → 04 May Chong on Managing the Scorching Mess of Social Media Salik Shah & May Chong Read → 05 "Upshot takes place soon after the end of the Guatemalan civil war..." — Drema Deòraich Salik Shah & Drema Deòraich Read → 06 Deborah L. Davitt on Writing "The Ghost Teas of Sakruajima" and Researching Folk Magic in the Sengoku Jidai Period in Japan Salik Shah & Deborah L. Davitt Read → 07 I. S. Heynen on Building a Post-Apocalyptic World Where a Company of Assassins Reigns Supreme I. S. Heynen & Chaitanya Murali Read → 08 Crossing the Desert with Malena Salazar Maciá Malena Salazar Maciá & Toshiya Kamei Read → 09 America Under Siege: Creating An Alternate History with Dean A Brink Salik Shah & Dean A. Brink Read → Reviews 2 works 01 Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse Gautam Bhatia Read → 02 Gideon the Ninth Chaitanya Murali Read → Contributors A. DubeyAbergrandAnsellBalasaChaitanya MuraliD. A. HewittDean A. BrinkDeborah L. DavittDennis MombauerDrema DeòraichGautam BhatiaHolly DayI. S. HeynenKeelerKshama GautamLoganMalena Salazar MaciáMay ChongMichael T. SmithNarendrapQuynhS. G. DeshpandeSalik ShahToshiya Kamei ← Previous issueBorderline Realities Next issue →Planetary Entanglements