A Revival from Starvation
by Sabrina Wong

비! 빔! 밥! When I was younger, sometimes my mother struggled to figure out what to feed me. “Spaghetti?” No. “Pizza?” Still no. “Takeout from China Garden?” Hm, no. “How about 비빔밥?” Perfect…

Topsoil
by Rayner Raynor

There is an ongoing argument between scientists over the definition of soil. The new  definition is twice as long as the last, words that separate soil from dirt. Dirt is exactly what it  sounds like: disheveled and displaced Earth. Soil has character, formed by context, a written  history of shifting geology, climate, micro and macro-organisms...

INTERCHANGE
by LJ Thompson

It goes like this: I open TikTok. “Five WORST Highway Interchanges in the United States!” I don’t need to watch to the end; I know what number one is. I grew up 30 miles north of it. It’s the High Five Interchange in Dallas, Texas…

Playing House
by Grace Poyta

“Mary Kate, don’t you want to try being the sister this time?” “NO, I HAVE to be the dog”, she hissed on all fours. We eyed each other. Everyone knew the rules of playing house: you had to switch roles each time so that everyone would have a chance to play each part. It just wasn’t fair for one person to be the dog every time…

The Hope of a Swan’s Feather
by Emily Pinto

“We are no longer giving you a choice.” I sank into a cold leather chair in the corner of my guidance counselor’s office; it had just become October weather, barely in time for October 1st…

What Remains
by Crystal Lewis

Just five blocks up from the local grocery store sits an old, widowed home. Its once white exterior is now scorched black with its wood slabs barely hanging on by a thread. Charred windows vacantly stare at the street like tired eyes that have seen too much…