Zara Ishka 5/4/25 Zara Ishka 5/4/25

17191 CA-46 Suite A, Lost Hills, CA 93249, United States

“This intensity that morphed into a sense of overwhelm so consuming I felt that nothing could be funnelled into a singular actuality. I let that feeling — whatever it was, consume me.”

Holly Gerrard 4/5/25 Holly Gerrard 4/5/25

The Flesh of the Lychee

“I think of her sometimes, on nights like this, when my shirt is low and the wind kisses my chest as greedy eyes stare. They don’t know there is nothing there anymore. I ate her years ago, splitting the tough skin with my front teeth to reach the fruit inside. But tonight, here, with the moon hiding behind low, yellow clouds, Beautiful Girl walks with me.”

Ella Nguyễn & Miles Hiroshi Huỳnh 4/4/25 Ella Nguyễn & Miles Hiroshi Huỳnh 4/4/25

First

“When he slept, I chiseled out a keyhole

in his back to peek inside the crushed

velvet cavity, the bone cage of a person

who did not: a traveling ball of saliva,

surging breaths, simmering bile.”

Arwen Beaumont-Lee 3/28/25 Arwen Beaumont-Lee 3/28/25

Use this sound for good luck

I’m Eminem’s real daughter. I’m gonna join a cult if I can find one. I’m googling ‘how to survive sexuality’ like Lohanthony. I’m doing subliminals to you

Aidan Pollock 12/18/24 Aidan Pollock 12/18/24

SHAPES 2

“Just one insecure species trying to get an A+ at intergalactic show and tell. For as long as we can remember we’ve been left home alone and God we just wish our neighbours would drop by with some food and a hug.”

James Wily 12/18/24 James Wily 12/18/24

I see spots.

“Spots signify a pure kind of repulsive nothing [ ]. Possessing a type of purity that cannot be subsumed by any desire.”

Cate Chapman 12/18/24 Cate Chapman 12/18/24

Handpicked

“Last night I occupied the bathroom and its blue fluorescence, soaking it up like a greedy phantom. My reflection taunted me in this harsh light.”

Arwen Beaumont-Lee 12/12/24 Arwen Beaumont-Lee 12/12/24

Neon Webs

“Sometimes I wish I had a million followers. I want people to listen to the songs I post. To think about the lyrics and how they might relate to me. Relate to me!!! So I can figure out who I am.”

Joan de la Kagsawa 10/2/24 Joan de la Kagsawa 10/2/24

Ruins of Eternity

“Even this eternity will meet its end, and the world shall wait For another, and another, and another. The end is forever.”

Zahra Saffar 9/23/24 Zahra Saffar 9/23/24

Song of the Weaver's Hands

“Etched in the fading hues and worn paths of ancient roads,

Marking the passage to memory's embrace.”

Anonymous 9/23/24 Anonymous 9/23/24

Two case studies of fate: updated archetypes for our time

Obviously

And also you can’t read minds

As in I caught you!

And your psychic violence

Although I gave you these powers too

Your actual ones are far richer

Jesse Carpenter 9/23/24 Jesse Carpenter 9/23/24

Falling-Star Disease

“The answer is you and I, it always is. In that sea of dust, there was nothing. Quiet, not a wave, not a sound. In that flat endless world, a soft and gentle breeze started to blow.”