Existential Stimuli: 64 Books to Read From Our Literary {Archive}
Accessibility on all fronts has been compromised due to our current global pandemic. I don’t know how long or how many times I am going to have to write the
{EIC Reading Recommendation} Afrofuturists: Recurrence Plot (and Other Time Travel Tales) by Rasheedah Phillips
The future is now. So, there’s no better time to delve into afrofuturist writing and literary explorations. “Afrofuturism is not only a subgenre of science fiction. It is a larger
“In Every Creation” by Sam Jowett
a sliver of me astral infused queerness myself laid bare
“Used Planet, Slightly Worn” by Barney Sperlin
Talking to fruit wasn’t on my list. This casual walk was an after-dinner treat, strolling under the bright moon and stars, searching for owls along the cleared path in the
“That Shining Moment” by Drema Deòraich
They say you don’t see the bullet. They’re wrong. The shooter pulls his trigger, time drags to a crawl. I see mine. It flies toward me like a bee to
Diurnal Revival: Braving the Days {Archive}
I love archives. They give us a chance to see patterns and follow the evolution of whatever information is being compiled. It is important to show how time can effect
“Garden of Fathers” by Justin Briley
The playa breathes. All around me its breath twists across gypsum, like dancing ghost-children beside a forgotten sea. Lakes appear and dry up over their phantom shoulders and rivers wind
“Before My Very Brown Eyes” by Zach Murphy
When I was a teenager, I got jade-colored contact lenses in an attempt to look more beautiful. I always despised my brown eyes. I thought they were deeply unspectacular. Dull.
“the ghosts in my home still haunt me” by Yushan C.
The house you grew up in, it falls apart at the seams. Despair covers the walls like asbestos. Rage tunnels the walls like termites. The contractors called— there’s too much
“You Wanna (A Haibun)” by Julia Gerhardt
you wanna get vulnerable, so you take off my clothes. you wanna get honest, so you ask about my truths. you wanna rest, so you hide in my skin. you
