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Short Fiction
 1 min

Sunset in Tsim Sha Tsui

晟軒 羅

"Next stop, Tsim Sha Tsui Station"

As soon as I stepped out of the carriage, I walked towards the roof garden platform of the parking lot of Harbour City. I put on my headphones, I sat on the ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 4 min

Happy New Year

Qian CHEN

It was weird that I had never considered strangling myself with a tie. While pondering upon my previous trials, I removed the tie from the shirt, wrapped it around my neck, and cinched it as tightly ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

Death

Hoi Kim Lau

"Part of me dies within me,"
you said.
But why?
But why won't you cry, and wail, and ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

Fahrenheit

Qian CHEN

Fresh tomatoes stay quiet in the market
Watching fake fantasies, listening to rosy rhymes ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
 2 min

My favorite type of trash

Ayazhan Kadessova

As a kid, I was always excited to show my illustrations to everyone I knew. Carrying my heavy old tablet to school, I loved hearing compliments on my neon-colored digital creations from my classmates ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
 1 min

Lake Song

Zhouyuan Xu

Softer than satin, warmer than May
Meanders through the mountains, flows towards the sea ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Homeless

Cheuk Lam Chan

I remember when I was a nesting,I would stay in my bird nest and wait for my mom to feed me,my sisters and brothers some sticky earthworms or crunchy crickets.I would say that it was the best time in ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

Ambivalence

Anna Sze

A long-lost hero,
Probably, my long-lasting anti-hero.
An insecure hopeful mind,
Stings ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

Oh, Covid

Joyee Woo

Oh, Covid. You sudden, mysterious being.
Your arrival is so conspiratorial
The name of ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
 4 min

Downtown Funeral Parlour

Zhouyuan Xu

"No!" was the cry of my heart as he left me. Despair added, whispered in my heart. It was so genuine; thanks for the gut-wrenching terror that jolted me awake, pulling me out of this nightmare. The ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
 1 min

Blackness

Xiangkai ZHU

I woke up from my dream to see a flash of blackness appearing in the corner. I didn't notice and ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

MaFille

Tsz Yui Leung

Dang it. I think I am lost, where am I heading to? Aha, I must be on my way to visit my relatives. That's fine, I will ask the gentleman who is now coming my way, "excuse me, do you know a house? It ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Like a Revelation

Ashley Figuera

Even while lying down, Junie feels like her body is on fire.

Maya runs her fingers through the surface of her skin, almost like Junie is a treasure to behold. Her hands follow the crevices of ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry