The Pool
Writing by Jessie Irvin Rose. Illustration Berenika Murray. She lies in the heat and watches him work, watches him sway the net through...
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- Feb 25
- 4 min
A Quick Trip to the Grocery Shop
Writing Isabela Caramico. Artwork by Rosa Rucola (soon to be found via @rucolasexternalbrain) A quick trip to the grocery shop. All I...
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Catharsis as Growth
Writing by Emily Tennant. Artwork by Yury Aleksanyan. Is catharsis necessarily a loud act? An uncontrollable, unexpected moment of...
- Feb 25
- 5 min
It Really Starts After the Funeral
Writing by Lola Weisselberg. Artwork by Leonie Hubert. She’s sitting by the door again. She’s always touching something, I’ve noticed;...
- Feb 25
- 1 min
Nosebleed
Writing Heather Sweeney. Artwork by Berenika Murray. When I pull it from the back of my throat It leaves a metallic savoury note Through...
- Feb 25
- 5 min
‘Be Glad and Rejoice with all your Heart’: Christian Catharsis as a Queer Woman
Writing by anonymous. Artwork by Cilla Sullivan. Christian worship is steeped in catharsis, acted out in rituals of purification and...
- Feb 25
- 4 min
On Asexuality
Writing by Sam Stevens. Artwork by Kate Granholm. I don’t eat meat. This has not always been easy for my peers to swallow. On school...
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Sandman
Writing by Michael Wu. Artwork by Yury Aleksanyan and Kate Granholm. The Sphinx White, death does finding with sand inks a tread...
- Dec 19, 2022
- 3 min
Beauty and the Beast through an aroace lens
Writing by Sue O'Hara. Artwork by Kate Granholm (@katesartthings on instagram) I never had an obsession with Disney princesses as a...
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
Birth
Writing by Molly Reed. Artwork by Kate Granholm (@katesartthings on Instagram) It was springtime When I gave birth to the darkness....
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
Burn
Writing by Michael Wu. Artwork by Yury Aleksanyan. Game is candles’ ivory floor And perturbed pains in my sick bed war For there little...
- Dec 19, 2022
- 7 min
No Such Things as Dreams
Writing by Michael Wu. Artwork by Yury Aleksanyan. The undergrad has tried telling the black crows, the tall crows in suits, “When I woke...
- Oct 22, 2022
- 5 min
The Sea as Queer Liminal Space
Writing by Jessie Irvin Rose. Artwork by Yizhi Liu. I am being held by the ocean. It’s September, and the last time I will go in until...
- Oct 22, 2022
- 6 min
The Voice
Writing by Myra Alawadhi. Artwork by Paola Valentina. “Bitch.” The club is packed to the brim and quintessentially rowdy, but his voice...
- Oct 22, 2022
- 3 min
In the Smoking Area
Writing by Cristina Rizzo. Artwork by Juliet Richards. “You ok?” He scares me. His voice hugged by the cushioned music from inside the...
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
Selected Poems
Writing by Cristina Rizzo. Artwork by Paola Valentina. Santo Stefano in August Ma quanti bagni hai fatto? Tutti! The boy’s happy – a...
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
Temptations, Temptations...
Writing by Lola Weisselberg. Artwork by Sarah Dobbs. Down through the sky He cast me, No question or hint of a care. Further and further...
- Oct 22, 2022
- 1 min
No Strings
Writing by Michael Wu. Artwork by Yury Aleksanyan. The first wild grass grows on silver feet of child enchanted by mother’s tales, smoke...
- Jun 1, 2022
- 5 min
Cut Up Fruit
Writing by Kaja Kubičková. Illustration by Heather Baillie. When I got sick, I spent all my days lying in bed swaddled in blankets. My...
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Coming soon
Writing by Kirsten Twigg. Illustration by Emily Donelly. Coming soon, Two words that sing a cruel lullaby to my youth. In them I used to...
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