Editions: A fiction and arts publishing imprint

'PITKISSER' is a two-channel film installation that follows Syerrah and Kris, two girls in search of redemption from violence as they find solace and euphoria in the hot lick of the pit.

The accompanying book was created as a photographic testament to the genre-hybrid visual arts project. It features dozens of photographs alongside illustrations, text interventions, and an essay by Mollie.

"The real stars of Hollywood, and Los Angeles broader aren’t in the hills. They’re creating expansive, community-driven counter-culture. People always say LA is superficial; I might argue it’s survivalist. Which is inherently punk." – Mollie for The Face

Filmmaker and photographer Jazmin Garcia presents Flor de Jamaica.

Reflecting twinned motifs of flowers and women, beauty and justice – the limited edition title features an intimate montage of striking, tender images as introduced by letters between Garcia and designer, Symrin Chawla.

“My lens is always seeking, perhaps being summoned by flowers, because they affirm intuitive guidance towards soul repair. Flowers are my ofrendas to this thought.”—Jazmin Garcia

Throughout Flor de Jamaica’s imagery, two female characters recur. Depicting brown women as protagonists in resistance to beauty standards is crucial to Garcia. Thus the images in this title invite us into narratives about empowered women as they lead their own lives.

The book's key influences include Casa de Lava by revered Portuguese auteur Pedro Costa. And Flor de Jamaica with its scripted pages is similarly an open-ended time capsule of Garcia as a filmmaker.

A literary romance like no other – Kimberly Campanello’s debut novel unfurls over a hot Breton summer as American student K embarks on a love affair with a local. Barred from using English by their French programme, the Americans’ identities flicker and fade. Yet for K this dissolution opens space for profound transformation.

Heady and poetic, erotic and intelligent, this is a coming-of-age tale that reveals how coming-of-age – at its pinnacle – means coming alive. Alive to touch and taste, pleasure and ecstasy.

To the sea, the sun and eternity.

Secret Pleasures' narrative was co-written by artist Jenkin van Zyl and author Brittany Newell, during the development of van Zyl’s film, Surrender – which was presented to feverish acclaim at London’s Edel Assanti gallery in 2023.

The zine’s story is inspired by 1930s American dance marathons and European depictions of Danse Macabres.

van Zyl then created illustrations to echo the graphic textures of the printed materials he discovered while conducting research at the Bishopsgate Institute into 20th-century sexual countercultures and secretive meet-ups.

With a cover story by Laura McCluskey, Issue 8 features photography & artworks by: Caleb Femi, Elsa Rouy, Birk Thomassen, Roxy Rezvany, Nanténé Traoré, Elio Mercer & Thuy Vy.

And fiction and poetry by: Rita Bullwinkel, Eloghosa Osunde, Andrew Boryga, Priya Guns, Toby Lloyd, Monica Brashears, Ella Plevin, Dior J Stephens, Ana Cecilia Alvarez, Allegra Mullan & Thea Sun.

Contributors: Jinwoo Chong, Julianknxx, Dior J Stephens, K Patrick, Lydia Garnett, Moïra Fowley, Denisse Ariana Pérez, Rosalind Jana, Vincent Haycock, Jackson Whitefield, Priya Guns, Eli Goldstone, Kaliane Bradley, Sheida Soleimani, Kimberly Campanello, Jessica Andrews, Razelle, Jenkin van Zyl & Brittany Newell. 

Offering readers a shape- and voice-shifting response to worldwide disruption and chaos; possibility and opportunity — through contributions by: Saba Sams, Heather Glazzard, Iphgenia Baal, Jessica Andrews, Kayo Chingonyi, Anya Gorkova, Alexis Penney, Jack Young, Daisy Hildyard, Elio Mercer, Yoel Noorali, Tice Cin, Hafsa Zayyan, Moses Quiquine, Heidi James, Octavia Bright, Tom Marshak, Miranda Ward & Isa Toledo.

And features essays and short stories by: Rebecca Tamás, Season Butler, Niamh Campbell, Eliza Clark, An Yu, Otosirieze Obi-Young, Ella Plevin, Lucy Jones, Ana Cecilia Alvarez, Lola Olufemi and Matthew Ponsford as well as poetry by Caleb Femi, Justin Phillip Reed, Ariana Reines and Beri Allen-Miller & artistic contributions by OK Norris & Lola de Mata, June Lam & Duncan Loudon.

As illustrated by short stories, essays and poetry, contributed by these fantastic writers: Daisy Johnson, Sophie Mackintosh, Octavia Bright, YZ Chin, Joseph Keckler, Kieran Yates, Emer O’Toole, Siobhan Leddy, Tara Isabella Burton, Luke Turner, Heidi James, Sarvat Hasin, Alexis Penney & Kayo Chingonyi.

Inside, you’ll find diverting contributions by: Fiona Duncan, Eley Williams, Josie Thaddeus-Johns, Trevor Shikaze, Ana Cecilia Alvarez, Angela Dimitrakaki, Emma-Lee Moss, Eloghosa Osunde, Lucy Jones, Jessica Andrews & Tim Burrows.

And features ten brilliant writers' illustrations of how individual and collective markers of selfhood can serve to both cage and free human beings.

This issue's stories and essays were authored by: Jen George, Luke Turner, Alan Trotter, Philippa Snow, Kaliane Bradley, Abiola Oni, Kieran Yates, Dean Kissick, Oscar Rickett & Steph Kretowicz.

Founded by Somesuch as a space for gripping and innovative storytelling, the journal's Editor is Suze Olbrich.

Contributors: Amy Liptrot, Benjamin Myers, Dean Kissick, Philippa Snow, Natalie Olah, Heidi James, Betty Wood, Tom Jenkins, Johnny White & Rose Bretécher.