Fantasy – figments

First Day – Katrin Brinkman

Abigail’s puppies returned from their first day of high school wrecked as rafts against a reef. Shamira was skittery, strands of their hair tied in crooked spindle-braids. Zara…

Spellbound – Audrey Zhang

Lips, Insides – Tobias Nguyen

Atonement – Fatima Diallo

The “We apologize for the slow pace, we’re experiencing delays,” the intercom spluttered. The speaker was right above me and every time it vibrated, there were answering tingles…

One Simultaneous Moment – Alexandra Bertilsson

Short, round arms flailed in the humid spring air (the children were very thirsty) and the sound of hurried footsteps filled the garden – they had somewhere to…