Naomi Arden Paragas Pasatiempo âTell me a ghost story,â I ask, curled in bed with my Naynay Rosie. Itâs our first night in the Philippines, the first time sheâs seen me since I was three. Night crawls over Manila. Our hotel room is sixty stories high, overlooking the city. Even from up...
K.S.Y. Varnam Itâs like how I feel after too long in the country; thereâs too much space between. I live in the city for the loud voices and the night chaos. I love trees and open fields and clean air, but I need the bustle of human lives around me too. I need graffiti in the back alleys behind...
Jim Nason And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise! The Whos would start singing! Theyâd sing! And theyâd sing! And theyâd SING! âDoctor Seuss From balcony and rooftop, from sidewalks and carsâ bicycle and dinner bells, pot against pan, spoon against glass, clapping...
Katherine Abbass My roommate is a pilot; we watch the sky for signs of life. On warm days we sit out on the patio and stare at the stucco building beside us, our neighbour walking her iguana on the handrail, giving us a wave, a cigarette dangling from her winter lips, dry and scaly as her pet. My...
Lucas Crawford The swab isnât sublingual after-all so for now my secret cure remains safe. He counted to three and went up my nose with a stick longer than the smallest dildo that my Montreal landlord stole. Great. Now I have a nasal fetish. Dare you to dig deeper than him and risk reaching the...
