The Stinging Fly magazine was established in Dublin in late 1997 to seek out, publish and promote the very best new Irish and international writing. It has a particular interest in encouraging new writers, and in promoting the short story form. Two issues each year offer a lively mix of brilliant new fiction, nonfiction and poetry from both new and more established writers.

In this issue:

• A selection of work from Correspondences, the new anthology calling for an end to direct provision
• A series of short essays on the topic of money in art, writing, work, and life
• Six poems from the issue’s featured poet Emer Lyons
• Fiction by Cathy Sweeney, Chetna Maroo, Aoife Casby and many more
• Paddy Bushe’s ‘Síscéal/Fairytale’
• Poetry including ‘South’, ‘cuckoo flower’, ‘Chameleon’, ‘The Book of Showers’, ‘Kakangelism’, ‘Precedence’, and ‘Pathways’
• Cover art by Shane Keisuke Berkery, plus more art inside