CONTRIBUTORS

Cadence Chung

Cadence Chung is a poet, mezzo-soprano, and composer, currently studying at the New Zealand School of Music. Her nationally-bestselling chapbook anomalia was released in April 2022 with Tender Press. She also performs as a classical soloist, presents on RNZ Concert, and co-edits Symposia Magazine, a literary journal for emerging New Zealand writers. In 2023, she was named an Emerging Practioner by the Fund for Acting and Musical Endeavours. She likes to sing Strauss, write art songs, and buy overpriced perfume.

Black Opium

Coleridge wrote his best poems in a poppyseed haze. I’m not sure about those tiles, he said from my bathtub, looking up at the ceiling. I had no idea what he was thinking: my only experience with opium was the …

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