The imprint of rope on bare skin. Purple bruises blooming across an ass. The hot, clean shock of a slap. The strange nirvana of pain stretched just far enough. Kink is speculative fiction with a body attached.

Magic has always lived here – in the body, in intuition, in the ways women have always known, created, healed and connected. For Issue 05, Moi explores magic as something felt, lived and embodied – from ritual and pleasure to connection, instinct and collective power. We’re looking for work that moves beyond cliché and into something deeper, more curious, and just a little bit unexplainable.

The future is something we’ve always imagined.
An unknown. A promise. A threat. A projection.
Is the future you once imagined now your reality?
And is your current reality shaping the future to come?