A Lost Celebration
Layal AlEryani When people ask me “what’s your favorite day of the year?”, I always reply “Halloween”- It’s not my birthday, nor a specific date that holds special memories- which […]
Of Lost Lands & Dying Rivers
Humnah Farooqui He stands before a well. It is a vast crater in the ground, its dark water shallow, draining out. Rags and candy wrappers float on the surface. It […]
Trying too hard to be happy is making us sad
Carla Delgado There’s nothing wrong with feeling down, disappointed, or unsatisfied – we’ve all been there. Sometimes it’s just a phase, and sometimes, it takes a little bit longer than […]
Everyone Loves When Death Is A Keyboard And Screen Joke: The Suicide And Cyber bullying Mystery
David Kamimo A man posted on his public Facebook status that he was going to kill himself. 90℅ of his friends liked the status, 5% reacted with laughs, as it […]
No Makeup – No Love
Daria Kiehne When I was nine years old, my mom allowed me to wear eyeliner for my First Communion. That’s the first time I remember wearing make up to look […]
The Gentleman’s Way
Barnaby Hazen The eight-hour trip was not to be taken for granted at Pyotr’s age. He stopped the horses twice—once in Peshki, then in Khiki—stretching his legs, snacking on balyk […]
Benign or Malignant? : The Ineffable Doctor
Casey Austin Williams Various iterations of the doctor in theatrical literature highlight the increasingly complex and contested role of the doctor within society and in the lives of their patients. Playwrights Ibsen and Chekhov depict the doctor in such a way as to expose the profound sense of disillusionment and […]
