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Karagöz

Fiction by Balim Baructu

Karagöz

Fiction by Balim Baructu
It was our favourite activity, my brother’s and mine, to go and watch the puppet show every year during the sultan of the eleven months…

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Barney Plays the Piano

Fiction by Sofia Tong

Barney Plays the Piano

Fiction by Sofia Tong
The worst thing about starting fifth grade, besides everyone thinking I’m an actual new student, is that even when I tell everyone I’ve…

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Sophomore Summer

Fiction by Angela Hui

Sophomore Summer

Fiction by Angela Hui
He comes over straight after a family dinner and his mouth tastes like beef and tomato sauce. I offer him water, but he declines. “I’m…

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Simulacra

Fiction by Disha Trivedi

Simulacra

Fiction by Disha Trivedi
There is an artist in a loft that should have been gutted a long time ago. It is in the city’s aching heart, but nothing about it…

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A Love Story

Fiction by Samantha Hunt

A Love Story

Fiction by Samantha Hunt
"A coyote ate a three-year-old not far from here.” “Yeah?” “My uncle told me.” “Huh.” “He said, ‘Don’t leave those babies outside again,’ as…

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Afternoon

Fiction by Yash Kumbhat

Afternoon

Fiction by Yash Kumbhat
Kaira was sprawled across the bed. Faiz had been pushed to one corner, and his sister had somehow managed to turn a hundred-and-eighty…

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Legends of the Seoul Dogs

Fiction by R.O. Kwon

Legends of the Seoul Dogs

Fiction by R.O. Kwon
I. What was the first legend of the leonine dogs? “They were first-class killers,” his father said. The puppies bit the boy’s fingers and…

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Testimony

Fiction by Jessica Treadway

Testimony

Fiction by Jessica Treadway
All that day as she waited for her sister to come home, Maxine remembered the goats. She did not know what it was that had nudged them…

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The Evolution of My Brother

Fiction by Jenny Zhang

The Evolution of My Brother

Fiction by Jenny Zhang
I. We were alone most afternoons. On one of them, we searched my room for candles. We found one that I liked: white with Colombian coffee…

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