Year: 2026

Poetry '26

Strawberries

Strawberries When I asked you, how to say freedom in a Persian dialect from Qom, you laughed: “You have to taste the word, in chalk,

Fiction '26

Secrets

     Secrets don’t always stay secret—especially from my mother. It started after school when she pulled up to where I was talking with friends

Fiction '26

Zombie Girl

     Decaying leaves crunched underfoot and a soft breeze stirred the late October air. A horde of zombies shuffled past the playground at the