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3 Feb 2025
Poetry
一个人发呆的时候  | Trance 
By: Mu Cao
Translated by: Hongwei Bao
too many things left unsaid/ words fold into themselves 
Fiction
Hotel California (Original) 
By: Hsin-Hui Lin
在沒有時間的Hotel California，Isa成為我的時間。
Fiction
Hotel California (Translation) 
By: Hsin-Hui Lin
Translated by: Ye Odelia Lu
In the timeless space that is Hotel California, Isa becomes my time.
Fiction
闇夜を飛ぶ | Flying in the Dark Night 
By: Mayumi Inaba
不思議な道でした。どこまで行っても闇夜。
Fiction
Flying in the Dark Night | 闇夜を飛ぶ 
By: Mayumi Inaba
Translated by: Yui Kajita
It was a strange road. Endless dark night no matter how far I walked.
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Issue 28 Oct 2024
Fiction
Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her | Porque Flora Existiu. E Eu A Amei 
By: Anna Martino
Translated by: Anna Martino
Fiction
Porque Flora Existiu. E Eu A Amei | Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her 
By: Anna Martino
Poetry
Journey | യാത്ര 
By: Bindu Tiji
Translated by: Lakshmy Nair
Poetry
യാത്ര | Journey 
By: Bindu Tiji
Fiction
Whale Ocean | 鲸海 
By: Nanpai Sanshu
Translated by: Xueting C. Ni
Fiction
鲸海 | Whale Ocean 
By: Nanpai Sanshu
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Issue 22 Jul 2024
Fiction
Bone by Bone | Csontról csontra 
By: Mónika Rusvai
Translated by: Vivien Urban
Fiction
Csontról csontra | Bone by Bone 
By: Mónika Rusvai
Fiction, Reprint
Canção Operária | Worker's Song 
By: H. Pueyo
Poetry
I Said | मैंने कहा 
By: Sourav Roy
Translated by: Carol D'Souza
Poetry
मैंने कहा | I Said 
By: Sourav Roy
Fiction, Reprint
Worker's Song | Canção Operária 
By: H. Pueyo
Translated by: H. Pueyo
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Issue 22 Apr 2024
Fiction
Oh, Fangèd Night! | شب گزیده 
By: Hijab Imtiaz Ali
Translated by: Daisy Rockwell
Fiction
شب گزیده | Oh, Fangèd Night! 
By: Hijab Imtiaz Ali
Poetry
La Chemise de Kevlar | The Kevlar Shirt 
By: Linda Maria Baros
Fiction
The Little Monster | Le Petit Monstre 
By: Léopold Chauveau
Translated by: Nat Paterson
Fiction
Le Petit Monstre | The Little Monster 
By: Léopold Chauveau
Blog, News, Non-fiction
Translator Interview: Nat Paterson 
By: Nat Paterson
Poetry
The Kevlar Shirt | La Chemise de Kevlar 
By: Linda Maria Baros
Translated by: Kathryn Kimball
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Issue 22 Jan 2024
Fiction
House on the Edge of the Crater | Ház a kráter szélén 
By: Gábor Képes
Translated by: Anna Kállai
Fiction
Ház a kráter szélén | House on the Edge of the Crater 
By: Gábor Képes
Fiction, Reprint
The House of the Scolopendra | La Casa delle Scolopendre 
By: Nicola Lombardi
Translated by: J. Weintraub
Fiction, Reprint
La Casa delle Scolopendre | The House of the Scolopendra 
By: Nicola Lombardi
Poetry
The First Step | Le premier pas 
By: Guy Goffette
Translated by: Kathryn Kimball
Poetry
Le premier pas | The First Step 
By: Guy Goffette
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Issue 23 Oct 2023
Fiction
Bacterial (English Translation) 
By: Marcelo Cohen
Translated by: Kit Maude
Fiction
Bacterial 
By: Marcelo Cohen
Poetry
naming the child | ìsọmọlórúkọ 
By: Waheed S. Olamilekan
Translated by: Sodïq Oyèkànmí
Poetry
ìsọmọlórúkọ | naming the child 
By: Waheed S. Olamilekan
Fiction
Contact | Opa Zap! 
By: Arnout Brokking
Translated by: Camilla Maltas
Fiction
Opa Zap! | Contact 
By: Arnout Brokking
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Issue 26 Jun 2023
Fiction
A Pilgrimage to Memories Tattooed | Поклонение по татуираните спомени 
By: Elena Pavlova
Translated by: Elena Pavlova
Translated by: Desislava Sivilova
Fiction
Поклонение по татуираните спомени | A Pilgrimage to Memories Tattooed | 
By: Elena Pavlova
Fiction
Plums in Chocolate | Slyvos Šokolade 
By: Ernestas Parulskis
Translated by: Kotryna Garanasvili
Fiction
Slyvos Šokolade | Plums in Chocolate 
By: Ernestas Parulskis
Poetry
1610 - Cesare Cremonini and the telescope | 1610 - Ο CESARE CREMONINI ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΤΗΛΕΣΚΟΠΙΟ 
By: Anna Griva
Translated by: Erofili Papadogia
Poetry
1610 - Ο CESARE CREMONINI ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΤΗΛΕΣΚΟΠΙΟ | 1610 - Cesare Cremonini and the telescope 
By: Anna Griva
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Issue 27 Feb 2023
Fiction
Breve Biografia de Uma Cadeira Lúcida | A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair 
By: Renan Bernardo
Fiction
A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair | Breve Biografia de Uma Cadeira Lúcida 
By: Renan Bernardo
Translated by: Renan Bernardo
Poetry
Aborteras del Viejo Mundo | Aborting the Old World 
By: Claudia Vaca
Fiction, Reprint
Tempus Fugit (English Translation) 
By: Ketty Steward
Translated by: Christine Gutman
Fiction, Reprint
Tempus Fugit 
By: Ketty Steward
Poetry
Aborting the Old World | Aborteras del Viejo Mundo 
By: Claudia Vaca
Translated by: Brittany Hause
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Issue 24 Oct 2022
Fiction
Warm beds | Camas calientes 
By: Mónica Bustos
Translated by: Analía Villagra
Fiction
Camas calientes | Warm Beds 
By: Mónica Bustos
Poetry
A Man Familiar with Humanity | شخص يعرف الإنسانية 
By: Mona Kareem
Translated by: Sara Elkamel
Poetry
شخص يعرف الإنسانية | A Man Familiar With Humanity 
By: Mona Kareem
Fiction
七月流火 | The Fire Star Passes the Meridian 
By: Chang Yu-Ko
Fiction
The Fire Star Passes the Meridian | 七月流火 
By: Chang Yu-Ko
Translated by: Lauren Harper
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Issue 25 Jul 2022
Fiction
A Cloudcutter's Diary | 裁云记 
By: Chen Chuncheng
Translated by: Jack Hargreaves
Fiction
裁云记 | A Cloudcutter's Diary 
By: Chen Chuncheng
Fiction, Reprint
Butterfly Hunt | Op vlinderjacht 
By: Bo Balder
Translated by: Bo Balder
Fiction, Reprint
Op vlinderjacht | Butterfly Hunt 
By: Bo Balder
Poetry
Ablution | Lustral 
By: Ricardo Jaimes Freyre
Translated by: Brittany Hause
Poetry
Lustral | Ablution 
By: Ricardo Jaimes Freyre
Poetry
Ghazal | غزل 
By: Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Translated by: Ateeb Gul
Poetry
غزل | Ghazal 
By: Faiz Ahmed Faiz
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Issue 25 Apr 2022
Fiction
Panorama People | Orang Panorama 
By: Azrin Fauzi
Translated by: Ali Aiman Mazwin
Fiction
Orang Panorama | Panorama People 
By: Azrin Fauzi
Fiction
You, or Dissociation as a Survival Tool in Pursuit of Finding a Mental Haven of Sanity and Companionship | Tú, o La disociación como herramienta de supervivencia en aras de encontrar un remanso mental de cordura y compañía 
By: Diana Barberena-Jonas
Translated by: Diana Barberena-Jonas
Poetry
The Door | Η ΠΟΡΤΑ 
By: Tasos Leivaditis
Translated by: N.N. Trakakis
Poetry
Η ΠΟΡΤΑ | The Door 
By: Tasos Leivaditis
Fiction
Tú, o La disociación como herramienta de supervivencia en aras de encontrar un remanso mental de cordura y compañía | You, or Dissociation as a Survival Tool in Pursuit of Finding a Mental Haven of Sanity and Companionship 
By: Diana Barberena-Jonas
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