December 2021

Issue 11

FICTION

A Spirit Problem

Soline Loeffler

Ruza met with the mayor in the market square.

FICTION

Comb

Kenna Klop-Packel

She is an old woman. She does not come from anywhere. She simply exists.

FICTION

See-Through

Simon Policy

I feel like the people who say “you’re never alone” don’t know what real loneliness feels like.

POETRY

Ode to Egg Sandwiches

Sonja Wooley

It began in Manasquan
With salt and yellow protein
And sweet buttery grease.

POETRY

Cable Car to the Moon

Miriam Reichenberg

Promise me, my dear, not to wake me 
if this is all a dream.

FICTION

And She Smiles

Zora Laddish

“It’s late.”
The man in the room flicks the switch again.

FICTION

Everything Important

Zael Johnson

Once, there was God. And that was pretty great, as far as the universe was concerned.

POETRY

Honeydew Melatonin

Aja Lelchuk

honeydew melatonin
dribbles
drops

FICTION

Cafe Dandywolg

Divya Sachdeva

I didn’t realize that being different from everyone else around you would be so hard.

FICTION

Say Your Goodbyes

Jasper
Lovvorn-Black

I woke up in a pool of drool, with my face pressed into the rough and unwashed carpet.

POETRY

Truth

Auden Svoboda

someone saw me dancing on a playground

FICTION

An Intertwining of Half-Crafted Realities

Eva
Fostovsky-Geckeler

I’m walking past the movie theater . . .

FICTION

Her Eyes

Meghan Malone

You wake up in an unfamiliar bed, to an alarm you have never heard before.

FICTION

Judgment

Skyler Rockmael

I now enjoy wearing my dresses over my light wash jeans to school, even if it means judgment-filled stares in the hallway.

FICTION

Automata (Repulsed),
Part Two

Zoe Mitchell

I continue to explore the room. The signal inside my new body indicates what everything is.

FICTION

Polaroids

Ash Dodge

“Sort through these,” Ivy says, handing me a box.

FICTION

Scattered Shadows

Claudia Johnson

The shadows were still snatching people.

FICTION

Home

Daisy
Paris-Kaufman

There is something inside me. I can feel it. Feel them. I can feel their claws . . .

POETRY

Pencil Art

Julia Weinberg

So much promise, so much ahead
But that was then

POETRY

Musings
on a Sunny Afternoon

Camhan Ngo

I often think about how fleetingly people grace your life

FICTION

Trial Day

Echo Rettstatt

The sun awoke from its solemn slumber, casting rays of soft light onto every corner of the city in the sky.

POETRY

Earthquake

Julia Segre

Up until I was six I was convinced
The earth’s crust was so thin
That I could dig my way to lava . . .

FICTION

When I
Wake Up

Chloe
Rappaport Crowther

I don’t know why Claire is crying. It’s just an injection, right?

October 2021

Issue 10

FICTION

The Mystery
of the Sky
and the Sea

Daisy
Paris-Kaufman

There was once a girl who could fly. Or at least she said she could.

FICTION

And on the Road They Went

Zora Laddish

The boots kept the road in shape.

FICTION

We'll Be Okay

Ash Dodge

He’s chewing on his thumb again.

FICTION

Golden Hour

Claudia Johnson

The statue was just off campus.

POETRY

the night
sets me free

Auden Svoboda

as the world exhales
and fiery fingers weave a black blanket across the sky . . .

FICTION

The Resolution Shop

Julia Weinberg

Ezra took his spot behind the bar at Vivian’s Restaurant, unaware that in an hour he’d be drenched and out on the street.

FICTION

My Last
Garage Sale

Jasper
Lovvorn-Black

I’ve never understood what led me to believe that the garage sale would be a good idea.

FICTION

Creepy Crawlies

Sonja Wooley

It is summer and Ella is crouched by the lake.

POETRY

She is Real

Aja Lelchuk

Her eyes wide as life-rings inside redwood trees
Her strides cousins of the fawns

FICTION

Mortality

Kenna Klop-Packel

There is a store at the end of the world.

POETRY

Rudimentary Beginnings

Sol de Ugarte

All begins with a step
Baby steps, they say

FICTION

As the World Burns

Meghan Malone

Adam knows he will not live past thirty.

FICTION

A Welcomed Visitor

Soline Loeffler

You enter the house at nightfall, like your friends said you should.

FICTION

Automata (Repulsed),
Part One

Zoe Mitchell

Around the world there is blood.

FICTION

Skyflower

Zael Johnson

The invocation flushed pink, blossoming in tendrils from Arboriasus the Verdamancer’s dark hand.

FICTION

Lost and Found

Eva
Fostovsky-Geckeler

I’d heard many stories about the legendary lost and found, but hadn’t seen its magic for myself until a couple of weeks ago.

POETRY

Dollhouse

Miriam Reichenberg

Enter Tornado, moving in fast . . .

FICTION

S. S. Atropos

Simon Policy

It is day one. We are fifty miles from earth’s atmosphere and all humans have been placed in cryosleep.

POETRY

The Girl
in the Mirror

Ysabel Chu

The girl in the mirror is taller
Her hair falls in gentle waves

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