The first year of New Maps wraps up with a panoramic and vivid collection of new stories, starting with a new graphic adaptation of the journey of a bicycleman and a cell phone technician to solve their South African village’s problem. Then: a connection shared between lovers of the night sky; a surreal climb to the top of a derelict skyscraper, and a peculiar descent to the bottom of the sea; new visitors to a group living amidst the trash heaps of yesteryear; and an epic expedition through strange new landscapes and cultures in hopes of bringing new life to old lore. These together with the continuing story of the circuit rider, a column on dream foraging, new letters, and more, bring the first year of New Maps wonderfully around the circle.

Contents

Introduction		iv
Letters		1
Essays & Reviews
Cheap Thrills: Dream Foraging	Justin Patrick Moore	13
Editor’s Soapbox: …And I Feel Fine	Nathanael Bonnell	20
Sundries & Episodes
The Circuit Rider, Ep. 2: Death in Flowers / Death of Fury	David Littlehale	29
Stories
Bicycleman Sakhile and the Cell Tower	Marcu Knoesen, with Kieran O’Neill and Bruno Chiroleu	35
Love in the Dark	Jonathan Reif	55
The Hermit of 29th Street	Catherine McGuire	60
When Science and the Gods Fail	Dawn Vogel	67
Trash	Pierre Magdelaine	68
Luke Maxwell	Wesley Stine	87

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