Nicole is a diplomat and poet. All she writes describes her personal point of view and in no way represents the official position of her dear government (especially on matters of love and life). Currently stationed in Shanghai, she finds this land of beauty and history to be endlessly inspirational. Her muses are dreams…and the flowering streets of this city. after a summer rain this...
Yuu Ikeda is a Japan-based poet. Her published poems include “On the Bed” in Nymphs, “Pressure” in Selcouth Station Press, “Dawn” in Poetry and Covid, and “The Mirror That I Broke” in vulnerary magazine. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @yuunnnn77, and publishes poetry on her website. “They” Broken heart. Summer night. They make harmony from madness. Crumbled confidence. Summer...
Güelga Fonda Esti poema entamelu nel mio maxín fai cincu años, nel cuartu d’un hotel de Shanghai, Shanghai ye un llugar que dexó una güelga fonda na mio memoria -un poema ye xustamente eso-. Ye un d’esos llugares au puedes atopar un bon poema per cualuquier requexu de la ciudá (o atopate a ti mesmu nesti mundiu llíquidu). ~ Deep Mark I started this poem...
Rachel Fung graduated from King’s College London where she read law. She is particularly interested in stories of modern life and identity in South East Asia and has lived in three different cities in the region. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of publications, including an anthology of flash fiction – A Girl’s Guide to Fly Fishing. One Call I He slipped his hand...
Xiu Wei writes from Malaysia. She was born in Klang, a small town where big, black crows fly amok. The crows have inspired her to (attempt to) fly amok as well. She aspires to acquire the gentle, happy disposition of an alpaca, and to be the best human she can possibly be. Eggshells The conjuring of one’s primary school memories usually gave Big People a fond feeling in their belly...
Habib Mohana was born in 1969 in Daraban Kalan, a town in the district of Dera Imsail Khan, Pakistan. He is an assistant professor of English at Government Degree College No 3, D. I. Khan. He writes fiction in English, Urdu, and Saraiki (his mother tongue). He has four books under his belt, one in Urdu and three in Saraiki. His Saraiki novel forms part of the syllabus for the MA in Saraiki at...
Ken Lye’s short plays have been performed in Singapore at The Substation and Drama Centre Black Box, and his short stories have appeared in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore and the upcoming Singapore at Home: Life Across Lines anthology. He completed his MA in Creative Writing in 2019, and is currently working on his first novel. The Last Dance Mabel purses her burgundy lips...
Jessie Raymundo teaches composition and literature at PAREF Southridge School. He is currently a graduate student at De La Salle University-Manila. His poetry has appeared in a few publications in print and online. He lives in a small city in the Philippines with his two cats. Memory with Water For now let’s talk about sinking cities, said my mother who carries a pair of...
Applause The land I own is myself. I am dirt that became earth, and earth that became sky. There are days when I am so majestic, I am more spotlight than performer. More magic than magician. And then there are days when I wake up with my own blood in my mouth. When I am cancelled shows and empty auditoriums. When my only performance is the one-act play of getting out of bed. On those days...
Yunqin Wang is a writer based in Shanghai / New York. She writes in English, Chinese, and occasionally Japanese. She has been an editor for The Poetry Society of New York. Currently, she lives in Shanghai, where she serves food at a beer bar and music at a livehouse. Before the Ox Year Comes Wrinkled by Manhattan air, my orange reclines to the kitchen board the way Ma saw me off back home...