Amy Shlyak Here it is, a short story of what once was. Nobody Asked for this but here it is anyway. A short while ago, a Very lovely girl lived with her One true love. They lived together in Complete harmony and loved each other like there was no tomorrow. In the midst of their… Read More Havoc is wreaking and my brain is in hell while the world laughs at me

Eleanor Colligan I wonder if we strive to own the ice- the earth in her deepest of slumbers. Glowing like iridescent bone under the tiny white pricks of the cosmos. No trees to whisper breathy secrets between rustling leaves. No violent green skies to overthrow brick foundation built upon ancient roots carrying the marks of… Read More Hyperboreal

Eleanor Colligan The dull thrum of the River Styx, with its violent apathy, more known for its desperate lust for human lovers, for human bones, riddled with memories, To read the years, the so many years that stack up like tally marks scratched onto a prison wall, like the growing number of rediscovered playthings, when… Read More Fluvius Dividit

Laurisa Sastoque Before, showerheads with their bashfulness fogged skin parabolas and body hair, when the sole curvature we had caressed was the dried shell of a half-gourd submerged in a tank of still water. We bathed with the same nonchalance of the creole dog— to intruders, beast, to siblings, guardian— who mounted both his paws… Read More We Swam in the Sun

Sara McCoy An army of dark freckles chose not to spare an inch of his pale face, Instead smothering his chin and cheeks, Encroaching upon his outer lip and brow, and even daring To invade the whites of one of his soft green eyes. Nevertheless, he was the king of the playground, And with curious… Read More The King of the Playground

Avriana Allen What feeling is worse than Zooming alone with friends who promised to call from home, but somehow forgot to tell you they were too busy to tell you they couldn’t be sure that they’d arrive exactly on time? You have to admit, it isn’t a crime to forget to say, or forget to… Read More Virtually Alone