COMMON THREADS OF BROKEN BONES AND LOSS OF INNOCENCE

by FIONA MADSEN (United States)

Issue 3.1

April 2021

I am coming of age in a world that doesn't make sense to me. I will turn eighteen quietly, without a party, without my extended family. 

CREATIVE NONFICTION

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

by TULA SINGER (Cuba)

Issue 3.1

April 2021

The embassy called and approved our request to leave the country. So we packed our clothes and a couple of other essentials, leaving the rest behind.

CREATIVE NONFICTION

THE ARMOURY

by AMALIA COSTA (United Kingdom)

Issue 2.2

August 2020

We come in droves, frothing at the mouth and baying for blood.

Our enemy invisible, stretched across the world like the taut skin of a drum. 

POETRY

STARS AND CEREAL

by ANNA O'CONNOR (Ireland)

Issue 2.2

August 2020

I do not see the stars from where I stand

but I know they are there. 

POETRY

HIBERNATION

by SHERRY SHU (Canada)

Issue 2.2

August 2020

He scuttled furiously from beneath the undergrowth, pausing every few seconds to catch his breath. 

FICTION

7 BILLION PEOPLE

by LIORA SCOP (South Africa)

Issue 2.2

August 2020

They say 7 billion people stayed home today

2.2 billion children stayed out of school

POETRY

HIMALAYAS IN JALANDHAR

by NEERAJA KUMAR (India)

Issue 2.2

August 2020

125 miles.

I never imagined they could be so close. 

POETRY

WHEN NOBODY'S LOOKING

by MARIANA SANTIBANEZ (Mexico)

Issue 2.2

August 2020

As we turn into ghost towns and ghost stories,

I memorize the steps, the corners, the edges.

POETRY