We are delighted to share issue 8 of The Incubator which features an interview with Donal Ryan, author of A Slanting of the Sun.

With fiction from: Susanne Stich, Paul Anthony Corbett, Mary O’Donnell, Niamh MacCabe, Gareth Fox, Eoin Murphy, Sandra Coffey, Louise Kennedy, Dearbhaile Houston and Patrick Holloway.

And poetry from: Glen Wilson, Susan Lindsay, Colin Hassard, Fiona Smith, Stephanie Conn, Brian Gourley, Gary Hunter, Chimera Lay and Frederick Johnson. The Last Fire by Helen Harrison is reviewed by Martelle McPartland.

We know many of you love to hold a physical journal in your hands and you are very welcome to purchase a print copy from Peecho, but just a reminder that we do not receive funds from you doing so. Issue 8 and past editions can be read here, and we encourage you to download our pdfs for free.

Our submission window for issue 9 is now open and will close at the end of March. This is the only month that we seek memoir, and, as always, we will be looking for unpublished short stories and flash fiction. Please check our guidelines.

Warmest wishes,

The Editors