
The Peculiarities of Hunger
I left my pain with my mother. Or rather, I should say, my mother took my pain when she left me. Left me with nothing
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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

I left my pain with my mother. Or rather, I should say, my mother took my pain when she left me. Left me with nothing

Caleb wasn’t the type of guy to find himself in a tattoo shop. No, not at all. It was Ramine who’d convinced him to do

The silver crescent moon provided just enough light to illuminate the small fleet of fishing boats that lay waiting by the waterfront of Pulau Ketam.

Before the wonderbird came, nobody had ever spoken to the mountain. She rose proud and lonely out of the sea, slopes too rocky to grow

About the Art: The bird of prey symbolizes long-distance migration; the man sits on the back of the bird of prey and drifts along with