No Happy Endings
"This is the true story of how I lost my apartment, my partner, and my job all in one week." In this personal essay, EIC Zoe Jane Patterson explores the differences between fictional and real endings, as well as how to "master" loss.
Animals in Allegory
Illustrative fine artist Chip Hudson plays on the theme of "happy ending" through his annotated, slightly surreal images, reminiscent of fairytales and children's books
Two Poems
Two poems from Selena Cotte exploring survival and womanhood. Paired with photography by Waleed Shah (TW: sexual assault, rape)
Two Poems
Jane Ayres offers two vividly imagistic poems on nature and love
Pandemic Weddings Offer A New Happy Ever After
The pandemic, despite its horrors, has rejuvenated an alternative approach to meaningful, beautiful weddings, and made it socially acceptable. How can these changes become permanent?
Know When to Hold ‘Em; Know When to Fold ‘Em
A Note from the Editors: Issue 36
The High Priestess / A Főpapnő
Hungarian poet, anarchist, and occultist Laszlo Aranyi offers a richly political poem, with an English translation by Gabor Gyukics
Androgyny Can Reinvigorate Modest Fashion
New in style odyssey, Ayah Rashid explores the confluences of androgyny and modest fashion
Spent Force
A rhythmic romp of a poem by Dana Miller
Two Poems
Writer and eco-artist Amelia L. Williams magnifies insect, plant, and cell movements to explore the trials and successes of the body
Not All Productivity Is Toxic
Paired with Godefroy Dronsart's audio art and drawing on Marxist theory, our Arts & Culture editor Tom Abi Samra unpacks the desire for productivity: toxic capitalism or self-fulfillment?
Accidental Excellence
Haiku columnist Louise Gerodias observes the expectations held for little children's success
Give Us This Day
A poetic new short story written within the hallows of the church
Two Haiku
New in our haiku column, Roy Duffield writes of the ambitions of Malawi and Uganda
250 Seconds in 12 Hours
A picture that is a composite of multiple photographs taken over roughly 12 hours - all while the artist sits and reads about the word “excel”
Sitting Down with Dubai Rapper KAFV
An interview with Dubai-based rapper KAFV, talking about the UAE's hip-hop scene, sampling, foreign cinema, and more
Data Playground
Everything saved and stored, recorded, analysed, backed up. A vast playground of ‘data’. Are you having fun?
Two Poems
Former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Margaret Rozga rebels with form and nature in these two poems
Aesthetician Tells You Why Artists Need Team Vitality
Xia Chengan examines how collectivism functions in Chinese corporate culture