Roots

Roots Roots by GVGK Tang with an illustration by Dixie Turner and one by the author. “The body dies, but the hair continues to grow.”— Wang Ping, “The Magic Whip” by GVGK Tang She’s so bald.With peach fuzz on her forehead. Oh god, I hope she doesn’t grow...

London

London London by Bobb Attard with an illustration by Tigrowna i remember 
lying in bed on a sunday afternoon, loud techno on to mask off my painful sounding vocal tics 
distracting myself with the view of the topless graffiti artists from outside my bedroom window;
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dve propasti

dve propasti I dve propasti (two abysses) by Marko Emigrantov_na Kvirenko Images by the author. Edited for publication by Verena. The level of proximity they have had does not offer alternative scripts. They were everything or nothing completely. Tragic heroes...

Rites of Passage

Rites of Passage Rites of Passage by Samuel Matteo Schloegl Images by the author. Edited for publication by Verena. 1. I feel like an impostor. 
 Maybe, a voice keeps whispering in the back of my head, maybe this is the last time. The last time they let you into their...

The Cutter

The Cutter The Cutter by Adiba Image provided by the author. Modified for publication by Verena. When I was eighteen, I was forced to roll dough every Saturday. A big circle of dough – thin enough to see the kitchen table’s fine grey cage pattern, or, as they...

Naa’hor Pa-at

Naa'hor Pa-at Naa’hor Pa-at by Chroma Chola with an illustration by Marko Emigrantov_na Kvirenko A coffee cup lay on a stack of charts, its contents spiraling outwards. Computer screens nearby were beeping rapidly. One of the scientists picked up the coffee cup,...