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May 2025

Issue 24

FICTION
Starry Eyed, Part Four
Adrian Lei
Immediately, Aster shot up and grabbed his phone to see that, after he had silenced it, he had two missed facetime notifications from Linh and a text message.
POETRY
The First Black Breath to Push the Rock: The Thirteenth Amendment
Yohanna Sanchez
A man of many words had a nasty mountain to climb,
graced by the presence of gods, a minute no more.
​A mere reminder of the nasty sack of clay...
FICTION
Reverie
Sophie Mirza
I anguish over death because I have never lived fast. Doll-like: My agreement to an idle existence if no one found use for me. They tied bows around me.
FICTION
East Knobsea Heights Journey, Part One
Maya Dang
It was the day when everything shifted, without warning. 
I’d never moved before today. Not even once. I’ve visited here and there, but my parents never found...
POETRY
A Jellyfish's Memories
Lei Lani Daniel
I remember when she made me.
When she gave me my name.
She named me Jelly.
Because I was a Jellyfish.
She made me little Jellyfish friends.
All of us had similar...
POETRY
Beloved Community
Shaima Nasser
In the Beloved Community, 
we will dream of peace
and harmony,
Where love and trust will be all we see.
With unconditional love, we stand together
FICTION
Big
Leelu Corella
Everything seemed fine. All participants were in their canoes and beginning to paddle out. It was mid summer, and the air was balmy and warm...
POETRY
Kingdom Hidden in the Fields
Sir-Remy Maldonaldo Jr.
In a kingdom of my own 
I would lay in the fields.
I would not rest in the comfort of homes 
Nor beg pay from those who live. 
I would lay in the forest...
POETRY
Does the Sky Feel, Too?
Kira Poursohi
On those nights
When the sunset is such a bright color
You think it might be alight
Do you ever wonder
Does the sky feel too?

Are those crimsons and magentas
FICTION
Behind the Scenes
Sawyer Flett
There it is again, he thought. The unceasing knock at the door. Glorm got up from the grimy couch and stumbled towards the door, his feet shuffling...
FICTION
Phoenix
Selah Park-Manoff
James Nix dashed down the hallway as his building began to crumble. He’d quickly raced out of his office when the shaking began, knowing it could mean no good.
POETRY
They Say the Multiverse is Real
Kathryn Zaragoza-Aaron
They say the multiverse is real.
So maybe it is
I think in another universe you’d be a teacher, fifth grade
You'd like that the kids aren’t too old for mischief​
FICTION
The Time Capsule Bet
Jasmina Salokhiddin Kizi
It all started with Cassie being Cassie. We were lounging around the park — Leo, Cassie, and I — when she spotted it: an old phone booth, leaning sideways...
POETRY
To My Cat Sparks
Zarya Kobata
I remember your soft fur and quiet presence.
If you came back I would feed you canned food — salmon, I think,
with nutritional yeast sprinkled on top.​

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