Let’s get pebbles in our boots As the motionless sky gradients And the mountains turn grapefruit Let’s get out of our dents And escape from faux wood panels, scuffed beige walls, the popcorn ceiling, the off-white cracked molding, and our haphazard decor Before the sky petals white Upon a bright blue canvas Let’s take a…
Category: Another World Within
First Big Night
CW: Today’s story is a work of fiction which deals with intimate partner violence and its aftermath. It is also suggested that one character may be a sex worker. Please skip this piece if you need to. If you’re comfortable sharing it, pass it along. If you or someone you know has questions about, or…
“Homeland” and “Death, if you were a Lover”
Homeland I went to summer camp on old Keyauwee ground. We called returners Weekaya, as if we had been on a long journey away Though I could have driven it back and forth Sixteen times a day. And I would Just to feel like I was home Even though it was a home I stole….
Life During a Good Time
Q: Where do you work?A: I’ll tell ya.Q: Where do you live?A: Attempting to live at the intersection of stoicism and chill, wherever that is.Q: What did you have for dinner?A: It needed a little more depth.Q: What are you watching?A: A new car wasn’t even $10,000.Q: What are you reading?A: Sometimes you grow up…
“When the Future Appears”
Remember, the time of year when the future appears like a blank sheet of paper -Jackie Kay “Promise” “Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes…” -Rent “Seasons of Love” Theater kids, or at least theater kids of a certain age know exactly how much time that is. Maybe you know even if you weren’t…
Remnants from the Attic
It had to be a mistake. Ivo scrolled back up the page to give the listing another thorough look-over. It was titled Toystill in box, but Ivo knew it for what it really was. An original 1993 Megazord deluxe set. Hemicro-examined the grainy thumbnail, poring over every pixel of the pristine box. A globule offlashlight…
Saadat Hassan Manto: “The Assignment”
Author’s notes: Content warnings for self-harm, political violence, sexual violence. I consistently refer to Manto’s hometown as “Bombay” rather than Mumbai. I do this for two reasons. The lesser reason is that “Bombay” is simply Portuguese for “Beautiful Bay,” whereas Mumbai is short for “Mumbadevi” and the change was made in 1995 at the instigation…
“Puzzle Box Rattling” and “An Oil Painting of an Abyssal Surface”
Because of the intricate layout of these two poems, we had to upload them as images rather than text. That makes them opaque to screenreaders, so we included the full text of the poem in the caption and again in the alternative text. -ed. Puzzle Box Rattling Nitya Budamagunta Nitya Budamagunta is a BFA creative…
“Secret” and “A Box from the Storage Shelf”
Secret the gate creaks open beckoning. pavement turns to rubbery mulch When we enter. silent save for the creak of Swings black but for the colors on the slide and the rusty play truck. we swing swing towards the stars and the blinding orb and we’re ready to end the adventure when a new door…
The Joplin Tornado
1 When the dust settled and the sky opened up into a blue and white tapestry, one who had their eyes glued to the sky would not have known what had happened yesterday. It would only be when they took their eyes off the sky and onto the wet streets that they would realize what…