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James Geehring

Water Works

The water rushed by the last rock at the cliff’s edge, flinging itself into the open air beyond, and then falling, falling, falling; and smashing

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F. Zahra Yoonus

Memory of a Laugh

You walk down the grim hallways, and see yourself laughing around with your friends in a corner. You see the smile radiate and you smile

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Shaheeka Shariff

The Blue Carpet

Inviting guests over is common and it is basically saying you are a part of our family now. And refusing the invitation is considered rude

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S.A. Ibrahim

Mourning

The moment I heard the Imam christen my mother a name I’ve only read in books, I heard a sound synonymous to the creak of

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Mehreen Ahmed

Blue Butterflies

The war ate the 14-year-olds. Such were the days, when young boys wielded swords and died on these dusts. Politicians, drunk in the revelry of

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Humaith Cassim

Nostalgia

We all ran the corridors together to make sure we were always ahead of the headmaster. If one did get caught, we all took the

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Arji Manuelpillai

A Small Sri Lankan World

My mum says the EasyJet cashier was my father’s brother’s friend’s housemate for two years when they first came to England, back when Appa* thickened

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Nuha Faiz

Undivided Love

‘I have never seen Inam this serious.’ I thought. Something was seriously wrong. His thick black eyebrows narrowed, jaws stiffened and fair skin turned red. 

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Daniel Romo

Love Song #777

for Maria Your favourite colour is purple and mine is blue and how’s this for romanticism but combined they resemble the shade of a pretty

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Nuha Faiz

Unforeseen

‘Funny how you’ve got to get your heart broken ninety-nine times to feel numb on your hundredth’, she tweeted. Letting her long black hair on

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