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Issue #34: out now

Eley Williams on trespassing

Karen Campbell finds the human touch

Anthony Shapland feels the flood rising

Kristie de Garis wakes early

Cheryl Follon climbs to the eighth floor

Sharon Milligan plays with silence

An interview with Gabriella Bennett

Poetry from Robin Robertson, L Kiew, Sophia Archontis, Samuel Tongue, Weiji Wang and many others