"Are the fish truly trapped in the pond? The minute they meet the storm, they become dragons." -Qian Cai (Story of Yue Fei)

In this issue:
—The winners of our first annual summer writing contest: in poetry, “Self-Portrait as the Dead Fish in Some Guy’s Tinder Profile Picture” by Erin Jin Mei O’Malley; in fiction, “Auntland” by K-Ming Chang
—Grace Song and Jasmine Gui think about summer weather in vastly different ways in their poetry
—Dorothy Cheng uses science fiction to meditate on identity and language in Malaysia
—Chunfeng Lu sends us more photographic dispatches from his travels
—Illustrations and artwork from Natalie Mark, Ray Hwang, and Kathi Ha, as well as returning contributors Diana Chan, Anita Yan Wong, and Juliette Wu, come together to make a visual bestiary
—Claire Soh explores the rise and fall of Singaporean xinyao music
—Editor-in-chief Jiaqi Kang speaks with nature writer Jessica J. Lee about community, genre, craft, and her upcoming book, “Two Trees Make a Forest: On Memory, Migration, and Taiwan” (2019) –– a full version will be uploaded onto Medium
—In “Homecoming”, staff contributor Chelsea Shieh dives into her dreams for her last piece for Sine Theta
—Our second student spotlight features Lucy Li Chenhui, a hobby painter and founder of Oxford University Art Club
—A photo essay by Kimberly Kiong engages with the semantics of “thunder” in the sinophone world.
—A selection of shortlisted pieces from the contest: “Red Massacre in a Jar” by Alice Yang; “Butter Knife” by Hannah Han; and “Refallen” by returning contributor Albert Lee. More shortlisted work will be published in subsequent issues.