Dancing with the Devil By Dianne Foote
Editors Note In “Dancing With the Devil,” Dianne Foote confronts the darkest edges of survival with unflinching honesty. This poem doesn’t look away from suicidal ideation or the weight of living when life feels like loss. Instead, it walks directly into that shadow and finds language for what
Essay | “The First Trilogy of Learning Project Management from Nature” by Krishna Murti
EDITOR’S NOTE Project management doesn’t have to live in spreadsheets and corporate jargon. In this trilogy, Krishna Murti takes us into the forest, across the plains, and into the ocean to reveal how nature has been perfecting the art of execution, adaptation, and strategy for millions
NSFW | Kisses Down Low By Mahogany Devereaux
Editor’s Note “Kisses Down Low” is a sensual exploration of desire, trust, and the delicate art of opening your relationship to new possibilities. Through the charged dynamic between Amina, Malakai, and Zari, this story examines how intimacy deepens when vulnerability and communica
POETRY | The Woman Who Screamed In Silence
I met a woman in Pennsylvania,her eyes carried more bags than two hands ever could.She was clutching her chaos as if it gave her comfort.I caught her, red-handed,playing origami with her organs.It was something about the way she folded into herself,how her words stuck to the roof of her throat.Traum
After the Storm: Respecting Space, Honoring Support, and Building Intentional Community
Editor’s Note In the aftermath of trauma, we often focus on the immediate escape. But… what happens next? The weeks & months that follow are hardly ever discussed with the intent & honesty they truly deserve. We don’t talk enough about the weird exhaustion that comes when s
POETRY | The world tried to teach me numbness — I refused.
Editor’s Note In this powerful poem, writer Noah Vale explores what it means to refuse numbness in a world that demands it. Through intimate prose that blurs the line between philosophy and poetry, Vale examines how institutions treat sensitivity as malfunction, and how deep feeling becomes an
FICTION | What if… Sir Isaac Newton had gone to the Doctor instead of lying beneath an Apple Tree?
In this playful short story, Mario Fernández Carrasco reimagines history through the eyes of a precocious child named Isaac, who uses Newton’s apple-inspired discovery to challenge his teacher (and his classmates) to seek answers beyond the classroom walls. Mario Fernández Carrasco is a scre