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Letter from the Editors
Zhui Ning Chang, Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, and Danai Christopoulou

Special Content

Coming soon: excerpt of Liar, Dreamer, Thief and an interview with its author, Maria Dong!

Interview with Naseem Jamnia
Questions by Aleksandra Hill

Excerpt: The Bruising of Qilwa
Out from Tachyon Publications

Fiction

A River Begins or Ends
Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira

Museum of the Other Moon
A. Artemis Chen

Godweapon
Kel Coleman

Tender and Sweet
Lisobel Tang

 

Non-Fiction
Art

Cover: The Seed
Gusde Sidhi

Previously Published

Category: Fiction

Fiction

Skin

From outside comes the scour of frost, the trail of a lit cigarette catching at your eyes. You drag the bathroom window shut and go

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Fiction

All Good Children Come Out to Play

For longer than I could remember, we had been Lázaro and Marta. We should have been celebrating our ninth birthday together.
Instead, my twin brother was laid out on our table.

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Fiction

The Storyteller

He stays up all night alone with meand only leaves at the crack of dawn.His departure breaks my heart. Mala Auntie was sucking down her

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Fiction

This Excessive Use of Pickled Foods

Bex gave up attempting to present herself as anything but a clueless newbie from a backwater planet just six seconds after stepping into the food court in the central concourse of Konkarken Station.

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Fiction

Unname Me at the Altar

Bamidele’s family introduced themselves to each other every morning. It was an unquestioned part of their routine, as expected as bowing at the threshold of the house or cutting locks of their hair and tying them to their bedposts at the end of every month to tether their sleeping spirits.

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Fiction

Where Secrets Lie

Alice’s father wants to kill the snake he finds in a crate of bok choy. But Alice sets the snake free into their family home, one more secret for its rotten walls to keep—until, finally, they can’t hold any more.

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Fiction

The Scumbling

Eliza’s mother was a talented artist without much time for family—until she died. Now, she needs Eliza for her last shot at fame, whatever the cost. “The Scumbling” is a haunting tale of ghosts, family, and broken love.

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Fiction

Sin Eater

Adam keeps his grandmother’s restaurant afloat by serving sins illegally purchased from a nearby prison—but when a customer sends back a dish, Adam is faced with questions he’s not sure he wants to answer.

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