Cover artist Jenn Ashton awakens summer spirits with Surfacing. But where serenity resides, so too does the risk of isolation, as seen in 'Killing Time' by feature author Leo X Robertson. Across time and space, the threat of silence looms in 'The Dark Mute' by Lee Nash and 'Frequency Eight' by Sophie Ganic. Meanwhile, magic and music flood the worlds of 'Waheela's Whistle' by Scotty Olsen and 'Their Grandfather's Chair, Part 3 by JM Landels. Welcome the end along with a new beginning with 'When We Die' by Tyner Gillies and 'Carl's Hope' by August van Stralen. Then join authors Angelique Fawns and MH Callway for two difficult journeys with very different destinations in 'The Trippy Trip to Triton' and 'The Lost Diner'. Revel in short forms with poetry by Brian Palmu and Jesse Keith Butler and flash fiction from Bumblebee winners Cadence Mandybura, Katherine Weeks, and Rosanna Elves. At last, round out this issue with 'Let Me Tell You a Story', a new novella from Mel Anastasiou, and Helena Pantsis's graphic short 'Sick Pay'