In Titan Arum, Elina Kumra delivers a haunting, lyrical portrait of survival amid maternal cruelty and generational trauma. Told through a daughter’s eyes, the story traces the transformation of pain into silence, and silence into strength. Stark, poetic, and unforgettable—this is a story that will root itself deep within you.

In this powerful personal essay, Alex Zhang reflects on growing up with anxiety and navigating his queer identity in silence. With vulnerability and grace, he reveals how writing, friendship, and quiet moments of love helped him transform shame into strength—and why he’s choosing to stay in the game, unshaken.

In her powerful piece, Clara Zimban examines how political rhetoric—words like “invasion”—reshapes immigration policy in the U.S. and UK. Through legal analysis and human stories, she reveals how language fuels fear, dehumanization, and exclusion, urging us to reclaim compassion in the global migration discourse.

A visceral descent into psychedelic chaos, the poem captures a mind unraveling under the weight of drug-induced delirium. Disoriented senses, distorted reality, and fractured consciousness pulse through surreal imagery, as the narrator's craving for answers is drowned in neon hallucinations, chemical manipulation, and existential dread coded in binary cries of “DEAD.”