Numb -- fiction by Emily Sheng
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think our relationship is working. I’m breaking up with you.” Surprisingly, there were no tears shed. I should...
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- May 14
- 4 min
Kimjang -- fiction by Michelle Park
I. It was almost as if someone always whispered into my ear - it’s kimjang time! I’d always known by instinct, when the smell of the...
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- May 14
- 4 min
A New Home -- fiction by Ace Yeom
James was lying on the back seat of the car with his feet outstretched. He looked at his mother through the rearview mirror to see if she...
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- May 14
- 4 min
Burn -- fiction by Julie Zhu
The monitor beeped monotonously as I reach for the needle, the green zig-zagged line displaying my heartbeat slowed to a stop as I tug on...
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- Apr 23
- 7 min
The Cigarette Man -- fiction by Madeleine de Belloy de Saint Lienard
It certainly wasn’t love at first sight. The old rickety house barely stood up on its own and it creaked in the wind. Its splintered...
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- Apr 23
- 6 min
Can’t You Remember? -- fiction by Ali Fishman
I sometimes wonder what was disappeared first - among all the things that have vanished from the earth. My grandfather slammed the door...
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- Jan 29
- 4 min
Dear Clara -- fiction by Annie Zhu
Dear Clara, Happy Birthday, Angel! I can’t believe you are already turning 10. It feels like just yesterday you were a baby. You used to...
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- Jan 29
- 7 min
Remember Who You Are -- fiction by Oyindoubra Akika
“She remembered who she was and the game changed. ~ “ Lalah Delia “I told you to come back home, Adanna. You’ll never be good enough...
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- Jan 15
- 7 min
Croaking Gifts -- fiction by Mariam Khan
"It's slimy," Isadora whined, voice higher than a broken reed. The toad, cupped tight between her palms, let out a croak as if to note:...
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- Oct 16, 2020
- 4 min
Temptation -- fiction by Jessica Wang
He was skeptical at first, not trusting the fragile feathers held together by bits of wax and metal. But he strapped them on anyway and...
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- Oct 16, 2020
- 5 min
One, Two, Three -- fiction by Flore Alexandre
A couple of days before we left to go skiing at your father’s chalet, you casually told me he thought I was shallow. As your giggle...
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- Oct 16, 2020
- 8 min
Frost -- fiction by William Tao
“I told her she did the right thing!” Lord Astrea Frost roared, “I told her that it was okay to cry, that it was normal to feel terrible,...
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- Aug 7, 2020
- 5 min
The Deliverer -- fiction by Shira Zur
It is during times like these – in your hot, beat-up red 2006 Subaru, whose air-conditioning has been broken for almost three weeks but...
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- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
The Mockingbirds -- fiction by Sena Chang
“Hey, Boo,” Scout timidly said, her words almost rendering me to tears. The voice I had expected to be unforgiving and terror-stricken...
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- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
And the Serpent Wilts -- fiction by Wyeth Renwick
“Don’t say anything,” he said. I couldn't anyways. My throat had turned into a snake and was suffocating me. This was happening. This was...
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 8 min
Chasing Pirates -- fiction by Tula Singer
The baby yawned and Nora smiled. For one, two, three hours, she stared at the face that peeked out of the white bundle, forgetting the...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 7 min
Hidden Cracks - fiction by Trini Feng
No fake politeness can save Kaitlyn this time. They had called her to the principal’s office not long before to discuss the graduation...
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