Publisher
VegaWire Media

Editor-in-Chief
Eddie Vega

Associate Editors
Cortright McMeel
Alan Ward Thomas

Acquisitions Editor
Leah Chamberlain

Editors-at-Large
Paul D. Brazill
Les Edgerton

Editorial Assistant
Wendy A. Reynolds

Digital Editor
Noah Austin

Cover Artists
Winston Blakely
Danda

Tattoo Photographers
Miguel Angel
Madeline Keller-Yunes
Julia Madeleine
Ilya Shchanikov
Shaireproductions.com
Aroon Thaewchatturat
Chris Willis

Contents

Stories & Articles

After the First Crime, the First Tattoo | Eddie Vega (Cuba)
The Donkey | Atar Hadari (Israel)
Mama’s Boy  |  Julia Madeleine (Canada)
Hitchhiker  |  Mary Therese Gattuso  (USA)
Sacred Skin: Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos | An essay by Tom Vater (Thailand)
Learning  by  Doing  |  Ulrike Rudolf (Germany), Trans. Andrew Kirk
Seaside  |  Bob Thurber (USA)
The Women’s Table  |  Susan Lercher (Germany), Trans. Mary Tanner
The Final Act  |  Corinna Underwood (UK)
Tiger Mother  |  Paul Pluck (USA)
Change of Aim  |  Victor Quintas (Mexico)  Trans. Rowena Galavitz
Welcome to Brooklyn, Kid  |  Hubert Osprey (USA)
Primitive Grace | Paul Calderon (Puerto Rico)
Architecture  |  Nick Arvin (USA)
Puppy  |  Sophie Jaff (South Africa)
The Waverly Knees  |  Ray Banks (UK)
Slog On  |  Court Merrigan  (USA)
A Common Tourist  |  Joe L. Murr (Finland)
Crimes with Designation of Origin  | An essay by Ruben Varona (Columbia)
But I Didn’t  |  Stephen D. Rogers (USA)
Homeland  |  Andrew Nette (Australia)

Interview

An Interview with Madison Smartt Bell  |  Cortright McMeel (USA)

Classic Reprints

The Precipice  |  Edogawa Rampo (Japan) Translation by Eddie Vega
Proceedings from the Old Baily | London’s Criminal Court