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Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness

By Josephine Renee Event Review Trigger warnings: displayed dead human bodies of all ages described. “It’s all very real.” “It’s real. Yeah, that eyeball is real.” “Please get off the glass.” “What’s the red stuff?” “No, cause it’s dead.” These…

Was I Being too Loud?

By Emira Sadat I’m sorry, was I being too loud? A five-year-old girl with a short bob, a skirt below her knees and an attitude full of excitement that crumbled in front of everyone. All because she was too ‘loud’.…

Accetta Il Tuo Destino 

By Zoe Hyde Rutger Hatchett had always been one to find himself amongst the chaos, seemingly unintentionally, yet rather consistently and somewhat coincidentally. Rutger reflected on this as he took his evening dose of Mirtazapine and Lorazepam. He enjoyed the…

Equally Tragic 

By Jordan Hanson  Equally Tragic,  lost in the fabric.  Unashamed, unafraid to speak.  The old left behind,  before some tragedy came.  What once was just tinder,  now has a flame.  Both one to follow,  and both to chase.  An unending…

The Kind Of Love

By Angelica Dsouza I used to fall in love  with love itself   the kind that walked hand in hand down quiet streets, soft smiles, wrinkled eyes full of stories and still, still so much light.   I’d see old couples…

Alive (September)

By Claire Stockwell An old stock horse, slurps from the trough He once stood strong and tall,  Was quick with the instinct of a veteran.  Now, two decades on, he stands frail His spine, each bone defined under his skin. …

Bernal Heights Is a Diagnosis

By Coco-Lily Garrett-Kellett Bernal Heights isn’t a neighbourhood. It’s a state-sponsored hallucination disguised as real estate. A topographical hiccup populated by cultishly polite adults raised on Montessori trauma and shadowbanned desires. It smells like rosemary and repressed kink. The eucalyptus…