light

Writing

The Swirling Eddies of Eigengrau

By Joey Wu
issue 19

You are trapped.

One day you awoke: a homunculus, immersed in a deep chasm of dark. You wander the confines in solitude, following the faint and ever-so-often beep that resonates through your lonely chamber.

unknown
light
darkness

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Blink

By Sydney Fessenden
issue 17

I like to stare at the Ikea light fixture in the living room,

letting the middle bulb sink into my shallow eyes.

I look until it starts to hurt, my ripped fingernails gripping

the worn suede of the couch as pupils get lost in

memory
light
connection

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