Issue 5.1
Legs
Irina is a rural paramedic in some Russian region. She moved here alone. She likes these parts; her great-grandparents were from here. She moved into
Evgenia Nekrasova
August 26, 2025
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Letter from the Editors
Aleksandra Hill, Kanika Agrawal, Rowan Morrison, Zhui Ning Chang, Isabella Kestermann, and Sachiko Ragosta
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
Symbiote
T. Chiu-Chu
The Moon’s Forests Burn All Your Life
brandon brown
Toothpaste Feelings
Sharang Biswas
Island Getaway
Sonia Focke
Closed Doors
Mary Miseon Wu
Deep Down Inside: Parasitism and Symbiosis Premee Mohamed
Cover: Issue 5.3
Jocelyn Short
Irina is a rural paramedic in some Russian region. She moved here alone. She likes these parts; her great-grandparents were from here. She moved into
On the day a space pod crashes in Quito, its nose buried in a flowery explosion of cobble, its legs bent, swooping wing-fins and webs
In room twenty-one of the intensive care unit there is a comatose man, the ventilator that breathes for him, a tower of intravenous drips, and
They send you down into the swamps of Atchafalaya to die with nothing between your teeth but contract ink and shame. There’s a lot of
Your children love you. They cry as you leave with promises of souvenirs. You need to catch your flight. Ah, but their runny faces as
In the Artist’s Words: Our reactions are often shaped by the traumas we’ve endured, and those reactions can point us towards our burning heart. This