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Summer 2023

SUMMER '23

Hot, melty, ​buzzing and thought-provoking.

Max Turner – Publisher

Rhiannon Wood – Editor in Chief

Dr. Sarah Boyd – Editor
Leonie Natascha - Publishing Assistant

Cover Image – Sweets and Bees
by 11Apl2il Via Shutterstock

Cover Design – A Coup of Owls


A Coup of Owls: Summer 2023 (issue 10)

Published by A Coup of Owls Press

July 2023

FOREWORD

Rhiannon Wood - Editor in Chief

WEATHER FOR THREE
BY DORCAS AKOBUNDU

A peculiar portrayal of mental illness

A WALL’S EMBRACE
BY TOM OKAFOR

Timothy and his crush are brought together by some surprising incidents

LAZURITE
BY DRAKE MCDONALD

A man attempts to describe his favourite colour

METEMPSYCHOSIS
BY GABRIEL LAMPERT

When a gay man answers the door he is taken on a journey of exploration to his
“next station”

SNO-CONE
BY DS OSWALD

It begins to melt during the hottest summer on record

KAPRE
BY EMMILY MAGTALAS RHODES

Lost in a British forest, Raffy is haunted by a tree-dwelling, cigar-smoking monster
from his homeland

B MOVIE
BY LEIGH V TWERSKY

A director’s approach to film-making gives a whole new meaning to “never working
with animals”

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