Pasifika Futurism and Indigenous Ocean/Spaces: an interview with Gina Cole
Headland editor Gina Cole is the author of the short story collectionBlack Ice Matterand the speculative fiction novelNa Viro. She is interviewed by Octavia Cade.
Switchskin
Can you wreak the havoc right out of something? Reason I ask: Dad’s friend, Deb, has come to stay and now the house feels all shiny and shrink-wrapped, but, like,…
Movement to Material and Space
Erin Dotle walked to the very center of Richard Serra’s Double Torqued Ellipse and when she walked out again, the world had ceased to exist.
Love in the Time of Te Rāhuinui
Ko wai ka kite i te hua o te kuaka? / Who has ever held a godwit's egg?[1] Not I. And I never will, I expect.
Mercury and Back
The first time I went to Mercury, I was a little disappointed. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but that wasn't it.
This Quiet Orpheus
It is my job to bring them back. I curl into the corner of our small couch while Hadley plays her family’s recordings from distant Earth.
The End of Snow
The sun was a myth. Ona had never seen it. No one had.
The World Maker
Even after fifteen years, the humidity still took Steph by surprise. It hit her like an open palm as she cleared security and unlocked the inner door.
Hound of Hell
Sarah found the dog on a chilly February day. Or, rather, it found her.
The People of the Sea
I go back there sometimes, leave the car on the road about a mile away and follow the overgrown track down the hill, usually picking up a scratch or two…
Otherworldly Diaspora
I didn’t notice I was intruding. I was unaware that I was crossing a boundary.
Eight Days in the Mirror
Our skins charred that summer. We came for just over a week, as we did most summers, the year before I became a teenager.