Welcome back, friends. Before we move on to the contents of this issue, let me just update you on some of the recent developments here at the QnI desks.

The first bit of news is more personal than official, but going by the relationship I share with both the readers and contributors to this webzine, I believe it would not be too out of place to mention that my first child - a son - was born on the 24th of April (and hence the delay with this issue!).

The second news, which I am sure you will find the most heartening, is that we have firmed up our plans to come out with a paper edition of the QnI. This also means that going forward we would be able to pay our contributors - not in monetary terms as yet, but at least by way of copies of the paper edition. The finer details of the magazine are still being worked out, but we expect to be ready with the first edition by the end of March 2008.  And if you are wondering whether the online edition would cease to exist, we can tell you that the webzine stays so long as the QnI stays.

Sadly, the paper edition would be much more expensive than the online version, so we would be required to charge a modest subscription fee for those who prefer to read offline. We would also be looking forward to donations (of all denominations and currencies!) henceforth, to maintain our not-for-profit standards.

We will keep you abreast of our progress.

Enough talk. Now read:

Poetry from Luis Berriozabal

Brett Alan Sanders' autobiographical piece on Education of a Literary Rhetor

Corey Cook's Verses

An uneasy homecoming tale by Dominic Ambrose

Luis Benitez' Poems

A Science Fiction piece by  Jon J Schlosser. Whilst we are not genre centric, this tale could perhaps fit into any space or timelines.

Plus, there is more poetry and prose inside

~ Anirban