This piece is part of our Winter 2022 print issue, available for purchase here.
Aïcha Martine Thiam is a trilingual/multicultural writer, musician, and artist, and might have been a kraken in a past life. She’s been nominated for Best of the Net, The Best Small Fictions and The Pushcart Prize. She’s the author of AT SEA (CLASH BOOKS), which was shortlisted for the 2019 Kingdoms in the Wild Poetry Prize, and BURN THE WITCH, which is forthcoming with Finishing Line Press. Follow her work @Maelllstrom/ www.amartine.com.