The Body
The body. The body is adorned in cloth and metal and rubber and referred to as one’s self. The body is to be destroyed. The body is to be...
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Julia Hornedo
Aug 8, 20223 min read
Eve
They told you falsehoods, that dust begot bone begot I, whose womb begot sin, begot flesh begot flesh begot flesh. But I was born from...
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Line Kuzniar
Aug 8, 20222 min read
Multiflora Rose
The First Visit: Bare-handed and bare-armed, the thorns tore at my skin as I tried to negotiate an uprooting. The shrub was not prepared...
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Ivana Gatica
Aug 8, 20223 min read
Diosito
Dios te salve María. Llena eres de gracia, el señor es contigo. Bendita eres entre todas las mujeres y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre,...
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Line Kuzniar
Apr 9, 20223 min read
Name
Name The world is nonbinary; take our sun for example. Nothing truly exists in twos, though humans wish for something so easy. Opposites...
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L.K. Leslie
Apr 9, 20222 min read
Excerpt from: Death of a Star
“Is the sun really a star?” Trevor didn’t turn his gaze from the sky. He just nodded. “Is the moon a star too?” This time, Trevor looked...
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Amadou Connell
Apr 8, 20222 min read
Her Headstone
Thank god they wanted a closed casket. Don’t wanna see what [she] did to [her] face. Her face that held the world in it— her relationship...
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Isaac Hart
Jan 31, 20225 min read
The Smoke Shop Around The Corner
I wanted Takis. The lemon-habanero kind that are all sweet, salty, and spicy. I really wanted them but I didn’t want to stand up; Tim’s...
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M. Lyne
Jan 31, 20225 min read
Excerpts from "The Found Journals of the Angel in Black"
Trigger Warning: Violence, murder, body horror, manipulation, sexual assault ENTRY I: Today she took me out on an adventure: one of those...
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Lex Chilson
Jan 31, 20226 min read
I Watch the Waves of Women Around Me
Our summers revolved around the beach. Specifically, Albion beach, on the Northside. My mom, a suncatcher woman looking for serenity in...
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Adam Mac
Jan 31, 20225 min read
What We Leave Behind
I’m so fucking late. The pavement sputters beneath my wheels as I brake. I toss my bike haphazardly against the rack, forgoing the lock...
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Sydney Macias
Jan 31, 20226 min read
Dream Dialogue
December 11, 2020 We are playing. A little girl is running ahead of me. I am running ahead of me. I remember hating that dress I’m in....
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Anyse Doss
Dec 6, 20211 min read
nerves as black lines
after Julie Mehretu, “A Love Supreme” dancing directionless doodles dirty the sidewalk of my chalky childhood masterpieces hazy hues of...
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Stevie Ceruolo
Feb 10, 20213 min read
Surveyor
Mila wonders why her position even exists anymore. Maybe it made some sense in more olden times, but now, just why? Shouldn’t we have...
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Evan Efron
Feb 2, 20212 min read
d/dx (k)=0
When finding the derivative, one is attempting to measure the sensitivity to change that a given function has as the independent variable...
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Nic Holmberg
Feb 2, 20216 min read
Apple Slices
part one I slowly eased onto the coolness of the laminate countertop, bracing myself for the feeling on my bare skin. Sitting there in...
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Ry Suraski
Feb 2, 20213 min read
The Epectasy of Gold
On an early morning, when your body is powered only by the adrenaline of waking into a dark Earth, a lot of things are glowing. The...
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Steven Hou
Feb 2, 20213 min read
Upending the Snow Globe Again
[cw: graphic violence] Today, November 1st: Anxieties about transitions loom heavily on our minds: brooding night skies are brought forth...
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Stevie Ceruolo
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Marina City
Evolution works differently in Marina City. Upon its completion in 1968, life inside its walls began to take on new forms, rewriting a...
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Luci Lei
Feb 2, 20215 min read
My Cousin
A few days ago I heard from my cousin in China after we haven’t connected for years. He asked, “How’s ‘AJ’ in the U.S.?” After I looked...
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