This first issue of our quarterly magazine is based on the themes of "time/the passing of time" and "what happens at the stroke of midnight", and contains short fiction by Martin Lees and Violet Hour publisher Celeste Miller, short non-fiction by Y.M. Mill and Violet Hour editor Danielle Dufoe, and poetry by Sudbury's Poet Laureate Kim Fahner, previous Sudbury Poet Laureate Roger Nash, newcomers Shagufta Iqbal and Maddison Bonnett, and more. Also in this issue is an interview with Sudbury's debut novelist Shawna Diane Partridge, and a review of her inaugural novella Rule of Seconds, as well as The Violet Hour's "Author Spotlight" segment, featuring Sudbury author Allan R. Thompson (author of Rural Roots).