Category: Issue #21

Pebble in a Stream – Rider Lee

Can I tell you a story? – When I was young, I thought everyone was like me. I thought everyone could feel these things, and they just weren’t…

Ishtar Understands Me – Tima Alshuaibi

Throughout times of doubt, I often think about Ishtar  An ideology that had preceded Western mythologies She who was split in half to create Ares and Aphrodite She…

Unbeating Hearts – Ayden Shannon

Content note: violence He tapped his nails against the windowsill. Or were they claws now? More than likely. Snow was falling outside without a hint of wind to…

Keep it as you wish – Riptiva Roy

Plant your roses facedown in the dirt, let the stems offer only their teeth to the sun a jagged greeting, curious bait for the passerby. Let your gardens…

Orders – Katrin Brinkman

The summer Zora turns 25, she’s finally instructed to destroy her family’s livelihood. The order — it helps to call it an order — comes like most things…