Has Spring sprung in your neck of the woods yet? I live in Vancouver, which means the crocuses are blooming and the tulips and daffodils are starting to come up. And I've noticed everywhere a surge of energy, which means that people are falling in love hard and (sometimes) working hard too.

The theme for this issue is distance, and if you've been visiting Wet Ink for a long time, you'll know that themes are rarely applied literally, that it's far more likely that our young artists will take the theme and run with it in different directions, which is always more exciting for me (and you). This issue, Tosh Millerfrancis explores the distance between what we are and what we could be, and Joseph Halpern writes about the distance than can occur between two very different brothers.

Don't worry. The snow will melt soon.

Jen Sookfong Lee, Editor