Penumbra
Literature Simone Wong Literature Simone Wong

Penumbra

after a week helen declared that the lessons would conclude, and she drove off to meet her friends in an abandoned parking lot. womanhood

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Angels Don't Fly
Literature Joan de la Kagsawa Literature Joan de la Kagsawa

Angels Don't Fly

“I want to look as beautiful as my casket.

I want to live forever and be afraid of everything.

Life is so good and it’s only going to get worse.

And in dreams, I don’t have to tuck my wings inside my dress. 

There are angels sitting next to you in the train,

Yet to earn their halo, yet to enter heaven.”

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Kick on Girl
Literature Clara Medanić Literature Clara Medanić

Kick on Girl

“The play symbol bulges stupidly before the sub-saharan beauty of your jungle. Is heaven nothing but a blank slate? THE END. Play again? What’s wrong? Why are you crying? Here is a gift, do not dwell. Here, a new environment. Let me lead you to a new life. You can always begin again.”

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Bystander
Literature Ellie Robertson Literature Ellie Robertson

Bystander

“I wipe it with my other hand to take a deeper look, but it leaves a smear of sheer colour. It looks almost brown. I can feel my eyebrows knit in confusion. I pull my hand to my nose to smell the strange mystery liquid. It smells sweet with a touch of copper.”

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The Flesh of the Lychee
Literature Holly Gerrard Literature Holly Gerrard

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.”

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First
Literature Ella Nguyễn & Miles Hiroshi Huỳnh Literature Ella Nguyễn & Miles Hiroshi Huỳnh

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.”

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SHAPES 2
Literature Aidan Pollock Literature Aidan Pollock

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.”

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I see spots.
Literature James Wily Literature James Wily

I see spots.

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

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Handpicked
Literature Cate Chapman Literature Cate Chapman

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.

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Neon Webs
Literature Arwen Beaumont-Lee Literature Arwen Beaumont-Lee

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.”

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Falling-Star Disease
Literature Jesse Carpenter Literature Jesse Carpenter

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.”

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