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Merle Emrich
Merle is a writer and an artist from Germany, based in Sweden. She enjoys writing on a variety of topics, both fiction and non-fiction. She is concerned with issues related to environmentalism, feminism, and social movements. Her academic background is in International Relations, Sociology of Law, and Cultural Studies.
Merle oversees the content and the publishing of the magazine.
Articles
Venezuela: A Neocolonial Farce
This year began with the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the USA. This development in global politics not only demonstrates the US government’s colonial ambitions but reveals the hypocrisy of the West.
Jan 12
Politics in Verse
The pen is mightier than the sword is a saying governments seem to take seriously when they censor or ban poetry. An exploration.
Jun 12, 2025
The Landscape of Tomas Tranströmer: In Conversation with Gabriella Ceom Cederström
Pendulum of Memories - an audiovisual exhibition - mapped a journey through the landscapes of Tomas Tranströmer’s poetry. A conversation with producer and director Gabriella Ceom Cederström.
Jun 12, 2025
Comics
Planetry Domino
As the coral reefs fall, climate change reaches its first catastrophic tipping point.
Oct 20, 2025
A Tale of Iron and Spores: The Mycelocene (2)
Sweden, 2069. The fungus Elle warned about two decades ago spreads through the mine posing a threat to business as usual.
Aug 11, 2024
There Are Things in the Water
Today, the sea scares me. I fear the dark in its depth call to me.
Jan 1, 2024
Poetry
On the Edge
Between clouds in time-lapse, a glimpse of a distant memory, of the future.
Mar 23
Bouleversement
The ancient - aflame - consumes itself
And is raised to the ground
Sep 17, 2025
Future Weavers: The Mycelocene (5)
The last chapter of this speculative fiction invites you to imagine the Mycelocene: What would this new epoch be like?
Oct 7, 2024
Short Fiction
III. Anthropocena Between the Drops
The third part of the Anthropocena alternates between Italy and Northern Sweden in the near future
Oct 20, 2025
II. Anthropocena, the Winterless
The second part of the Anthropocena series takes us 2,000 km south to Italy, where a shepherd encounters a strange figure.
May 7, 2025
Merlo Rosso
As the day cools and dusk falls, a blackbird watches the life in the streets below him; his mind lost in memories of a life long ago.
Nov 17, 2024
Dextercast
Exploring Monsters with Line Henriksen
Prepare to be spooked as we dive into the world of monsters with Line Henriksen, senior lecturer in literature and creative writing.
Oct 14, 2024
Climate Action Week with Carlos Perez Baez and Luca Berardi
In this episode of Dextercast, Carlos Perez Baez and Luca Berardi share their experiences with and hopes for Climate Action Week.
Nov 26, 2023
Beyond Human: "Mischief Acts" by Zoe Gilbert—Worlding Processes through Fiction
In this episode, we discuss how fiction can be part of a worlding process through an ontopolitical analysis of 'Mischief Acts'.
Jul 2, 2023
Art
Shuttered in Waves
A collaborative aquarelle painting.
Sep 3, 2023
Gap Var Ginnunga
"Father of Hosts chose for her rings and necklaces, [...] wise speech, and spirits of divination; she saw widely, widely about every world."
Jun 18, 2023
Photography
Aestival
Aestival (adjective): belonging to or appearing in summer.
Sep 17, 2025
Ghosts of Berlin
A photographic journey through Berlin following traces left by history.
Jun 12, 2025
The Writing on the Wall
A photographic exploration of street art and graffiti in Berlin.
Apr 6, 2025
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