prose / personal stories

Oct 16, 2021

lacuna - devi poojari

"everywhere i look, i find poetry and prose stemmed from broken hearts about the pain that a failed love brings."

Sep 7, 2021

grief and love in lockdown - georgie power

georgie power art by ré ní fhloinn It was one minute to 1am when the message from my dad came in through the family WhatsApp, “Hi Guys. I...

Aug 16, 2021

die young - zoe elerby

"you get it. another black martyr who died for the cause, an activist, a writer, a queen that must rest in power."

Jul 5, 2021

the endless understanding of being absolutely alone - grayson micaela

"they tell you so many things, dripping in placation and well-meaning love. but what they don’t tell you?"

Apr 18, 2021

mew - rhea kotrashetti

"Young kittens without their mothers around rarely make it through but somehow you did, for whatever little time that you were alive."

Apr 13, 2021

meeting death for the first time - asmita kumbhar

"i started this year with four grandparents. now, i have three."

Apr 2, 2021

not a review: this i can tell you - rhea kotrashetti

"through the many pages and verses of this book, i find myself leaving parts of me between page breaks and picking up parts of brandi."

Mar 29, 2021

you teach me how to read & i'll put it in my pocket - alisa husain

“just going to go check on begum sahiba,” zakir replied. the rest of the men laughed like zakir had made an actual joke.

Mar 20, 2021

death of a year - sidonie baylis

"graduation? we laugh and pop champagne in the silverfish-ridden living room of my student flat instead."

Mar 9, 2021

the first funeral i ever attended - veer sameer arya

“something funny always happens at a funeral, but you can’t laugh in front of the family.”

Feb 24, 2021

free bird - devi poojari

"on the morning of his death, we cradled him in our palms and dug a pit as tiny as him for him to rest in our garden."

Dec 28, 2020

you said nothing but you were saying everything - eleanor maslin

"the morning after you were put to sleep, you came to visit me in my dreams."

Dec 25, 2020

krampus: the christmas devil - neeharika nene

"but few yuletide stories are as bone chilling as that of krampus, the christmas devil. where there is light, there must be darkness."

Dec 14, 2020

almost - khwahish khan

“i am going to die today!” i screamed in joy.

Dec 5, 2020

someday white - johnny willems

"because the dishes still need to be done. because it's too dangerous not to stay grounded. because we cry."

Nov 26, 2020

floating lullabies - dominic loise

"a black robed figure entered down to the altar. the congregation steadily chanted, “bah, bah, black sheep, have you any wool?"

Nov 24, 2020

to die for the invisible - sanjana rajagopal

"look for a letter: it’ll tell you a future truth in the past."

Nov 12, 2020

the return to nature - sidonie baylis

"we are nature. we just forget. we create societies and build houses and surround ourselves with backlit screens and flashing graphics."

Nov 1, 2020

mexican día de los muertos - saachi gupta

a look back at the celebration of mexican day of the dead in 2018.

Oct 16, 2020

blintzes, matryoshka & tuesday is for therapy - dafna steinberg

"it didn’t feel like good luck. nothing about this move felt good. this was going to be the first apartment that my Dad would not visit."

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