The first issue of Heartlines Spec contains the challenges, and joys, and frustrations that come from long-lasting connections. It’s a mother you never understood, a friendship that’s fierce but changing, the quiet gratitude of sipping champagne with someone you love. All the stories and poems within feature partners, families, lovers, and friends. The relationships between them are varied but strong. Editorial by Rebecca Bennett Short Fiction Redline by A.D. Sui And In The Silence After by C. J. Lavigne Quintessence by Laura Chilibeck FXH-351 by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Eat Cosmic Jello by Emily C. Skaftun I Think About You, Only Louder by Jordan Kurella The Day Comes by Shih-Li Kow Poetry Begrudgingly Tertiary by Angela Acosta Coins for the Departed by Rasha Abdulhadi ode to the sword by Anne Liberton On Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Nnadi Samuel The Price of Rent on Sarpedon by Marisca Pichette Non-Fiction Andromeda (disambiguation) by Mark A. McCutcheon 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.