[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Stone Cold by Kiran Manral Format: Excerpt | Genre: Science Fiction The moonlight was cold on her skin. The door, a massive, ponderous structure of wood, the one she guarded with him, was now shut. Their day’s work was done. Not...
Content warning: sexual assault The neighbours talked a lot about the occupant of 606 A wing. For one, she was so beautiful. No, attractive, according to Mrs Munshi of 606 B wing, because ‘she is dark, no?’ Dark but attractive, everyone agreed. Also, nobody knows when...
Content warning: suicide, homophobia, slurs/derogatory terms Reverend Langston Penniman sat on the edge of his bed, stretching his black fingers. Everything – except his stomach – had either twisted up on him or shrunk. Once six-foot-five, he now plunged to six-two,...
I’ve often wondered whether it might not be better to eradicate the nuclear family altogether, to just let us disperse like loose seeds, striking our roots into some foreign earth, unfettered by customs and bonds and the burden of ancestry. How much damage do parents...
Content warning: mental illness She hadn’t seen Her today. Not yet. Una hoped She wouldn’t visit anytime soon, though she knew for sure She’d be back. A rare smile pricked at Una’s thin lips. The painting was almost done. Thick strokes depicted the restless waves,...
Content warning: alcoholism, violence Within the chapel there is a hum, a soft whisper, as a congregation of hymn sheets are placed upon pew backs. I wince, and not just from the bruise that purples my arm with a blister of shame. The minister spews lies with the ease...
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