Happy Capybara Publishing · A Literary Zine
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Issue 01 · March 2026

Headwaters

Where everything begins smaller than you expect.

Our first issue. Four stories about origins, departures, and the things that start as a trickle — a lake house with opinions, a border drawn in chalk, a river with a long memory, and eleven messages left for someone who isn't picking up.

Table of contents

  1. 01 The Lake House Disagrees June Okafor A house with opinions about who should live in it, and how, and until when.
  2. 02 Instructions for Crossing Theo Marsh A border, a chalk line, and the things you may carry over it.
  3. 03 What the River Kept Pilar Reyes An inventory of a river's collection, and of the family that kept making deposits.
  4. 04 Eleven Voicemails for My Brother Ren Ishikawa The mailbox is full. He keeps calling anyway.

Prefer paper? This issue exists as a printed zine, risograph cover and all.