The fourth issue of Heartlines Spec provides glimpses into how characters relate within a few moments in time. These stories, poems, and essays focus on long-term relationships—be they between friends, lovers, family or someone else entirely—and examine how connections can change or grow against a much longer timeline.<br/><br/>Editorial by Jess Cho<br/><br/>Short Fiction<br/>Blue Sunset by lae astra<br/>Starlight by R.H. Berry<br/>And When She Shatters by Kerry C. Byrne<br/>Trapped in This Body, I Wait for You by Akis Linardos<br/>Dandelion Lights by Lillian Lu<br/>The Eleventh Resurrection and the Twelfth Life by Devin Miller<br/><br/>Poetry<br/>The Milky Way Comforts Its Humans by Casey Aimer<br/>A renegade's diary entry in a debris field by Martins Deep<br/>the incomplete museum of you by Angel Leal<br/>Trinary by Amabilis O'Hara<br/>Mrs. Taffety Politely Answers The Door by C.C. Rayne<br/><br/>Non-Fiction<br/>Cryptids of Ottawa by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia<br/>The Family You Lost Before You Had This Name by A.J. Van Belle<br/><br/>Heartlines Spec is an online speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best. Issues are released three times a year.