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Gizzards, Dust and Daddy by Natasya Ismail

Gizzards, Dust and Daddy by Natasya Ismail   The last thing Bapak ate before he died was a plate of greasy, deep fried gizzards with a place of steaming hot rice. Malik could lucidly remember his father’s last meal because he had admonished the aged man for...

mirror, mirror by Ilyda Chua

mirror, mirror by Ilyda Chua     i. princess, you wear the words they spit like strings of pearls around your wrists and neck.   foolish and frivolous and fucked over and fucked up,   they spit,   and you take those words, press them to your skin like an iron brand,  ...

The Neighbor by Kimberly Tong

The Neighbor by Kimberly Tong   It was the last thing they expected to find in the kitchen. “Hey kid, you put this here?” Natalie’s accusatory finger swiveled from the floor where the thing lay greeting her, to her brother’s lanky frame stepping through the door....

“Home Movies” by Nicolette Koh

“Home Movies” by Nicolette Koh   I roll a tape, of memories in scene takes: Stranger in the dark, but no longer in the night She comes to play drawing across a body canvas “I am here to stay,” she says. So gently she sways, the curvature of my ocean wave Wide...

Night on the trail by Tran Thi Van Trang

Night on the trail by Tran Thi Van Trang   Hoa hugged the block of dynamite close to her chest. With each heartbeat, the explosives felt alarmingly warmer against her green army blouse, and she muttered a curse at her own imagination. Crawling on her knees and...