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Refractions – Part V
With his hands he traced the familiar shapes. Only a layer of paint more, only a shade brighter than the wall, they were barely noticeable.

Merle Emrich
Nov 26, 2023


The Day of the First Snow
It has gotten cold. It smells of snow. The street is filled with people.

India Wittmershaus
Nov 26, 2023


Strokes
Still water; stationary winds; a world unworlded and a storm unfolded. I didn't understand then. I don't understand now, either.

Amr Abbas
Nov 12, 2023


Refractions - Part IV
There was something strange about her. The busker frowned. She was somehow fuzzy around the edges. A faint black glow engulfed her.

Merle Emrich
Nov 12, 2023


H, E, Double Hockey Sticks
I could not make a head or tail of it. Was that who I thought it was behind the door? And the guard, the rifle–was it not all symbolic?

George Line
Oct 29, 2023


“Believe”
“Believe.” That’s it. The word’s resonance paralyzed me; I couldn’t move and couldn’t understand a thing.

Enjy Ashour
Oct 29, 2023


Them O'Graphys
Thoughts about Lady History by a half-drunk warden in the park.

Jakob Dittmar
Oct 15, 2023


Regulation
A hairy mass slams into my legs. George is desperately trying to get to Blubber. “That’s a violation!” I say.

Kira Jensen
Oct 15, 2023


Dream-bound
“I told you I’d find you!” the hideous human-like creature said with his gruff voice.

Enjy Ashour
Oct 15, 2023


The Table
I would like to tell you my story. It is a story of quietly observing in an ever-changing world. To understand, I am a table...

India Wittmershaus
Oct 15, 2023


A Glance at My Diary
Reflections on growing up, home, love, insomnia, dreams and more - combining prose, poetry and illustrations.

Varanta Aharonian Niziblian
Oct 1, 2023


Catherine the Great
“I was born 900 years ago,” the man continued. “I was present at the first Russian invasion of Constantinople..."

George Line
Oct 1, 2023


Refractions - Part III
He pushed open the door just wide enough to slip through. The light outside was already beginning to fade; shadows crept out of the ground.

Merle Emrich
Oct 1, 2023


In Silence
A brother and a sister and a silence that accompanies them since childhood. A silence that takes many forms and means many things.

India Wittmershaus
Oct 1, 2023


A Long Ride Along
“Follow me,” I said as I walked down the flight of stairs. Quickly, I approached my red bike. Squeaky, we called her.

Amr Abbas
Oct 1, 2023


Worst Kept Secret
“Dead bodies? Really?” He said and sighed, looking back into the trunk.

Amr Abbas
Sep 17, 2023


Bedtime Story
"Once upon a time, in another world, a world far from ours where equality reigned, justice and freedom, ..."

India Wittmershaus
Sep 17, 2023


Unfamiliar
“A past so vast. A present unpleasant. A future full of fracture.” The voice was mine own. But those were not my words...

Amr Abbas
Sep 3, 2023


Refractions - Part II
This wasn’t good. Not good at all. She had run off, it seemed, without even intending to do so. Again.

Merle Emrich
Sep 3, 2023


Refractions - Part I
It was a strange day to begin with. There was a fissure which only he could see and black light was radiating from it.

Merle Emrich
Aug 20, 2023
Published by Cálice Magazine (Malmö, Sweden)
ISSN: 3035-9031
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