VOLUME IV

M.L. Shenoy, Editor in Chief
advertising courtesy of Diya Jaiswal, social media marketing intern
cover art courtesy of Chloe Low, artistic design intern



SHORT FICTION

Claudia and Mark stand bewildered in the refrigerator  section
of the local market, gazing at the vast varieties of milk.



POETRY

Where sweet scented air
And vast marble constructions collide
Can a sublime be found
​Everyone knows those Lou Reed lyrics, shaving excess body hair, and trans-gendering, quicker than an intercontinental flight. But what do you do when it’s a friend, what pronoun is used, how do you act?
​Do you remember the time in seventh grade
when I texted you by my bedroom window
because it was dark
​and I didn’t want to be alone?
​Pioltello, Italy 1999
I was driving back to Monza in my white Mini with Tim in the passenger seat and Maria in the back. The car headlights lit a triangle of road ahead, lined with trees and fields, and every now and then appeared a pair of blurry red tail lights. The sad and vibrant chords of Gene’s Sleep Well Tonight rang out on the stereo, leaving me with a feeling of nostalgia.
​Thread a way through every scrunched-up story
  Through skeletons piled by an unblest horde
    Wince and wonder at the turns of the sword
 

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