Issue 02 · Summer 2025
Salt Rooms
Published 4 July 2025. Single copy £14.
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From the editor
Instructions written after the swim
Summer issues are often asked to be lighter. We resisted, a little. Salt Rooms is about places that stay damp: lidos after closing, let rooms, maps drawn once you have already arrived. The blue in Soren Vale’s criticism would not dry, and neither would the season.
Our second printing sold through. If you are reading the excerpts here, the digital edition still holds the full texts. The print copies, for this one, are a rumour.
Rowan Hale, editor

Contents
- 01EssaysSwimming Instructions for the CautiousCassian Drew · Excerpt
- 02CriticismThe Blue That Would Not DrySoren Vale · Excerpt
- 03FictionSalt on the Window LedgeLila Moreau · Excerpt
- 04InterviewsCriticism as HospitalityMateo Ibarra with Adele Voss · Excerpt
- 05EssaysA Map Drawn After ArrivalMira Ellison · Excerpt
- 06FictionThe Let RoomPavel Renn · Excerpt
- 07LettersPostcard from a Closed LidoNaima Solt · Excerpt
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