NOV 2024 / ISSUE 39

brief moments of infinite delight

by Mayur Chauhan

and now when it rains
bold, bubbly Kishore Kumar songs
chai, mandatory…

The Tree of Togetherness

by Michael Nagle

It took me a week and a lifetime and an infinity to pick up the phone. I told my therapist about the offer to join their family.  That they’d be willing to move…

Untitled

by Anonymous

IVF placenta print
with acrylic paint, 2024.
Courtesy of the artist.

Sensuality of the Freeze

by Marina Gross-Hoy

What does a flower feel when it blossoms? Soft? Beautiful?
After being a seed, then a sprout, how does it feel…

How to Eat a Spider

by Rebecca Evans

“Just swallow quick and you won’t feel it squirm,” Abby says. I wipe my palms on my jeans. No way. There is no way. Abby holds the spider by one leg and, I swear…

This Litany is an Elegy for the Phoenix’s Friend

by nawa angel a.h.

did you hear me clearly? the ocean has lost its teeth. we have no more mystery. the ground is all…