Flee
In this rich personal essay, Augusté Nomekaité feels the weight of history on her Lithuanian identity, family, dating life, and her grappling with the horrors of the present: the Russian invasion of Ukraine
principles of past, present, future
Giana Moreno melds the cold, bluntness of numbers with the failure of a relationship.
What Do You Want?
Layan Ismail plays out a painful breakup in Egypt in this new short story.
blue jeans
In preparation for a date, Vamika Sinha wonders about the could-have-beens and what-could-be’s in this subtly melancholic poem.
Walking on the Edge of Myself
In an incredible new short story, Samantha Neugebauer tells the story of Lula, an enigmatic figure.
It's a Good Time to Be Lonely
“2018 is a good time to be lonely. Constantly consume technology, like a pac-man, instead” – Zoe Jane Patterson reflects on a past relationship and the slow erosion of technological distractions in the face of millennial loneliness. New in arts & culture.
I'm yelling goodbye to my Mother
“Are we all just a continuation of our Mothers?” asks Zoe Jane Patterson in this wistful new poem.
Pickled Pork Tongues
New fiction set in the heart of China, by Ruobing Sabrina Zhao.
No Time For Talking
A house party, and the dare of desire.
Curdling
Looking back on a past love.
Doctor Says
Examining the “blue light” of social media on the brain.
Danny, the Lonely Blue Boy
New fiction set in America, by Ruobing Sabrina Zhao.
The Man is Gone
What happens when the man departs? What does it do to you? Face your feelings in this poem.
Rewinded
Zoe Jane Patterson rewinds time in this poem, to observe a wife and husband and the subservience in between, from the eyes of a young child.
When Love is Not Enough
New in milk & vodka, by Zoe Jane Patterson.
You're Nothing More Than the Spokes on a Wheel I Call Moving Forward
I’m a dried salted fish / Barely hanging by a clothespin on a string you titled “I cannot feel for you” — Tzy Jiun Tan buries a bittered relationship in verse.
Ragdoll girl
A girl fresh from heartbreak, dreams of emotional independence, of freedom for the yearning to love and be loved.