Ayida Shonibar

Poetry

Assimilation Cycle

Alphanumeric (stylised as 4LPH4NUM3R1C). Background image with foggy forest trees.

Parasitic consequences of craving proximity to power.

Publication: 4LPH4NUM3R1C [Alphanumeric] (Episode 17)

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Genre: horror

Line count: 18

Content warnings: body horror

Publisher: Zoetic Press

Publication date: 10 April 2026

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All Relative

The cover art is a bright blue table with several pairs of hands on top. They are conducting a seance with a ghostly presence at the table and reflected in the mirror.

Issue cover art by Alice M.

A mycological allegory about community relationships.

Publication: Heartlines Spec (Issue 7)

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Genre: science fantasy

Line count: 35

Content warnings: reference to displacement

Publication date: 31 March 2025

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Emerge anthology 2025, published by Lambda Literary. Edited by Holly Zhou, foreword by Kay Ulanday Barrett. Illustration of a goose looking up at three fish against a blue background.

Issue cover art by Ali El-Chaer

Anthology: Emerge (2025)

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Genre: science fantasy

Line count: 35

Content warnings: reference to displacement

Publisher: Lambda Literary

Publication date: 1 August 2026

Sweet Child

December 2023 issue cover of Worlds of Possibility, edited by Julia Rios, with illustration of a cottage surrounded by flowers.

Issue cover designed by Julia Rios with stock art

Worlds of Possibility - Poetry. Edited by Julia Rios. Cover illustration of a person with long blonde hair and wearing a white halter top holding planets between raised hands.

Issue cover art by Grace Chadwick

A Bengali shop of sweets with a little magic.

Publication: Worlds of Possibility

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Genre: fantasy

Line count: 45

Content warnings: reference to death

Publication date: 25 December 2023

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Issue cover art by Ali El-Chaer

Anthology: Emerge (2025)

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Genre: fantasy

Line count: 45

Content warnings: reference to death

Publisher: Lambda Literary

Publication date: 1 August 2026

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