by Kimyō Tabibito (奇妙 旅人) “And if you enjoyed this video, remember to like and subscribe! I’ll be back next week with a special episode of Decolonizing your Food with Dr. Boyfriend.” Ravi winked at the camera as he wrapped up his filming. It was still a shock, sometimes, to look at the view counts and […]
Category Archives: Text
30
Jul
Female Impersonators of Distinction
by shukyou (主教) Bud clutched the matchbook tight in one sweaty paw as he hiked the two miles from where he’d gotten dropped off off to his final destination. He hadn’t dared give the driver of the ride he’d thumbed the right address, so he’d told the man that friends would be meeting him here at […]
25
Jun
In the Bindings of a Dream
by Tabby Wright illustrated by Cap O’Rushes Akira was drifting, drifting, he absently listened to his professor’s 8AM lecture, only catching the vaguest bits of information. Something about web standards (that would be out of date by graduation), something about Ruby on Rails. Something. Something. Something tugged at the corners of his mind—the memories of […]
25
Jun
Slime After Slime
written and illustrated by Iron Eater When Lyón next woke it was in neither the depths of the Baron’s dungeons nor a coffin, and it took him a moment to get his bearings once he realized he hadn’t been left for dead. He performed a brief nose-to-toes check of all his various parts, which revealed […]
25
Jun
To Sing of Contests
by 織工 (Okō) The fall of 2013 seems to absolutely fly by. One moment there’s a hastily-staged intervention where what feels like half of Nick’s teammates are in his kitchen telling Nick they know about him and Kolya, the next it’s December and New York is even more slammed with tourists than usual. Isabelle flies […]
25
Jun
Where The Light’s Forgiven
by T.F. Grognon País en que los deshechos son amados todavía, es la comarca sombría donde la luz se perdona, porque allí van las personas del sueño a la poesía. — Silvio Rodriguez, “Del sueño a la poesía” Anthea is waiting for him when he gets off work. Leif shakes his head, tries to […]
25
Jun
Night Owls
by shukyou (主教) “Dad.” Marcus opened his eyes, willing himself not to look at the bedside clock. The number would just depress him. “Dad.” The voice came from the three-foot-high silhouette standing backlit in the bedroom doorway. He had just started sleeping with the door open weeks ago, when some part of him had […]
25
Jun
if there’s a light at the end it’s just the sun in your eyes
by Suikazura Amai (吸葛甘い) As a small child, his grandmother had warned him about the forest. She had told him that there were faeries who lived deep, deep inside the forest, who would not hesitate in snatching him if he got too close to it, that they longed to take beautiful children away from their […]
25
Jun
A Realm Unexplored
by Okamoto Shin (岡本辛) illustrated by beili “Are you even paying attention back there or are you just daydreaming?” the man snapped to the skinny and scruffy-looking barista standing behind the counter. “Are you all idiots here or is it just you?” Harrison stepped forward, his hands moving in an abortive gesture towards the counter […]
30
Apr
The Reel of Rory McAllister and the Moonlit Man
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) illustrated by The Druid Elbow on thigh and chin glumly in palm, Rory gazed into the forest gloom. Behind the cabin, from the new pile of logs that resembled a barn the way a cairn resembled a castle, came a mighty racket as of crockery colliding, and some whoops and […]
30
Apr
One Thousand Years from Home
by T.F. Grognon illustrated by beili He doesn’t belong here, or anywhere. In 1982, Cal visits Moscow’s GUM department store. He needs to obtain a trinket, something that commemorates the fortieth anniversary of Operation Uranus during the battle of Stalingrad. His hair is uncomfortably long, curling over his ears, and it’s stiflingly warm in here. […]
30
Apr
Rivoltade
by Iron Eater illustrated by Someone Else and juou no zan (女王のザン) “So why are you making such a big fuss about going to this thing, Pete? It’s just airy-fairy people bopping around in tights for a few hours with a piss break in the middle. You’d be better off just hitting the Redbox out front […]
30
Apr
Set My Pace
by Yuriaredaku (祐里あれ抱く) illustrated by erli “You know, if you’d just wear black, we’d have to do laundry a whole lot less!” “We’ve been over this,” Adric said, roughly dragging his sweaty dirt-stained shirt off and throwing it on the ground with a damp smack, followed quickly thereafter by his mud-encrusted boots and trousers. The […]
30
Apr
Come in under the shadow of this red rock
by Phun Saa (พรรษา) illustrated by SemeSadique In an ancient time it would not have happened this way. But people die and peoples change, and quiescent lie the old ways. — Nights were hard for Fadeh. His ears rang in the stillness, thoughts chasing each other until he could swear they were breaking free of […]
26
Mar
Tiger Prince, Thorn Witch
by green papaya Young Do came to Hong with footsteps that shook the ground, a roar that echoed throughout the city, and fangs that dripped scarlet with blood. “Your final task is completed,” she said, rolling a bloody and dirt-covered object over to Hong with one of her large paws. The object came to a […]
