On a cold day in April, Adib, an immigrant in Germany, wonders where life has fledWhere the Wood Anemones Grow by Merle Emrich (@merlu.em) Issue: November 2025 On a cold day in April, Adib, an immigrant in Germany, wonders where life has fled and follows a trail of absence into the forest on the edge of town.

The mycelium in the world’s soil was withering. And now his research was this: registering all the decay, chronicling the death of entire ecological civilizations.

Anatoly encounters another episode of horror before coming across the shipment...

Natasha placed her freezing hands against the semi-truck’s heater and tucked into her parka. She listened to the storm that raged outside, to the rhythmic banging that came from within the container of her truck, and to the roaring engine that kept her safe from it all. A quick prayer later, and her hands were back on the wheel again.  It was supposed to be a grade-A military vehicle, the finest there was, but the blizzard pummeled it as if it were one of the plastic toy truc

The third part of the Anthropocena alternates between Italy and Northern Sweden in the near future

Whitechapel, London. Another girl has been found murdered and a seamstress decides to take justice into her own hands.

The golden princess of the great town stood in front of her castle. Her eyes wandered over the scenery in front of her. She smiled with glee and said loud and proud, “All that you see belongs to me.” 

Two friends walk through the night contemplating the lives they imagined and the lives they are living.

On the last day of Earth, as Eduard sips a cup of coffee, his mind wanders to a future never to come, to the end, and to the now.

The second part of the Anthropocena series takes us 2,000 km south to Italy, where a shepherd encounters a strange figure.

This is a love story. To be specific, this is my love story. It is my perspective. My version of what love is.

Aging, regret, and environmental decay blend against a gray cityscape, while questions of time, loss, and responsibility hang in the air.

Dreams. Are they signs towards a path untaken? Are they truths or lies that we tell ourselves, or a mere manifestation of unkempt thoughts?

A memory captured in a painting takes us to the Booga club in Granada where dreams and music blend.

Remeber the River Euphrates? is the 1st place winner of the Nostalgia short story competition, organized in collaboration with SUM.

A Bed of My Own by Noha Ratouit is the 2nd place winner of the Nostalgia short story competition, organized in collaboration with SUM.

The Metronome by Sravanthi Sunkaraneni is the 3rd place winner of the Nostalgia story competition, organized by Cálice Magazine and SUM.

What could the eyes of God possibly need help with? A journey to an eastern valley is set in motion, unlike I could have imagined.

The Wolven Path series continues with Auiak waking up in an unfamiliar place where a doctor tells him a story of a planet called Earth.

As the day cools and dusk falls, a blackbird watches the life in the streets below him; his mind lost in memories of a life long ago.