The Kaleidoscope | Katie Curran

"I heard that boy had run away, yes, run away, with something dangerous, yes, dangerous, I said, he was last spotted round this corner, this very one, yes, he had an instrument under his arm, what Jimmy called: a kaleidoscope."

Bodies in the Storm | Lerato Ramodike

"Abdullah thinks of the olive tree growing in the backyard that he used to have. How, a week after the airstrike, his wife had gone back to search for an olive to plant. She found that the entire tree had burned down. She wept as though she had lost a son..."

Remind Me Your Name Again | Katie McCarthy

"...look out your / window at that rock shaped like horses’ teeth and the clouds that slowly pass by / Remind me of dirty tiles, that they really should—really should—clean..."

Wandering Maiden | Chris Carrera

"The world wants our marrow / then to spew us into Gehenna. / That is all. / The world’s to-do list? / A nose ring in the snout of a pig being led to slaughter..."

[what does not belong to you] | Juliana Wnuk

"Many berries had fallen off the branches, and I crushed a few under my knees when I knelt. Sitting low, I could see inside more clearly. There were stains. Blueberry girl had blue in her and on her..."

Draw a Line | Susan Moon

"Instructions: Draw a line from each item on the left to its matching item on the right. There may be more than one match for each item..."