The Visitant
A subtle piece of free verse by Lorelei Bacht thinks about making a life and losing a life
Accidental Excellence
Haiku columnist Louise Gerodias observes the expectations held for little children's success
Documenting Sanctuary #1
Time slows down in a garden in Sharjah where plants, cats, and childhood games provide the care of a sanctuary. A poem by Nada Al Mosa
Plea
A conversation between cell mates, a lost child, and a pastor. Julie Ann Ward's new short story showcases uncertainty, loss, suspense, and a yearning for the what-could-have-beens
Sorry I Have to Reschedule, I’m Preparing My Son’s Funeral
“Sorry I Have to Reschedule” explores a foggy soundscape of remembrance as the artist muses upon the premature death of childhood
En Route
A prose-poem in memory of those on the Dubai-Calicut plane crash from last August 2020
The Berry Fish Pie
Lillian Snortland weaves memories of her Grandma through a particular dessert dish
The Wheel
New in fiction, a Coney Island story by Zoe Jane Patterson.
The Invisible Cities: Paidiá
Zoe Jane Patterson constructs a new city in this piece inspired by Italo Calvino.
Little Timmy
New surreal fiction by Àron Braunsteiner.
The New House
A poetic take on an unstable home.
Ode to Socks
Celebrating life through the rose lens of the ordinary — this new poem celebrates the mundane beauties of living.