By Michael Kroesche There are purple moths and Abel collects them, he's half naked in torn shorts like an old boat sail, brown toes among the baobab roots yellow nails. Under a veil of vines in the grass, flattened, is a clearing where he keeps them; bodies like lint stones, the dead wings, dried violets. He pulls pomegranates from … [Read more...] about Collection
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If a Butterfly Flapped its Wings
By Diana Arterian Failure crossed her mind and choked her like sand in her throat. The scent of her mother's tortillas wafted in front of her face, but she dismissed it as her imagination. It wasn't over, it couldn't be over. Days ago she had starved, sucked the water out of mud, but she promised herself she wouldn't stop. She had ran faster and longer that anyone else. … [Read more...] about If a Butterfly Flapped its Wings
Walking
I saw you walk across the way You turned your head, and I heard you say “I won’t come back. This is the last time you’ll see my face.” Then you turned, took 50 steps and then you fell out of my head. And here I am all alone…I’ll lay to rest what I called home. I let you in; you brought me down. It was my choice; and I chose the ground. Now that you’re gone I am … [Read more...] about Walking
Immersive
This piece proposes a model for an interactive narrative that combines the emotionally immersive aspects of cinema and television with the personal responsibility associated with game play. The result is an emotionally immersive experience that emerges from and is enhanced by interactivity. Immersive Flow is just such an experience. An interactive book authored in Sophie, it … [Read more...] about Immersive
Don’t Haze Me Bro
By Liz Drumheller The following passage was taken from a Cornell University student’s essay on his experiences as a fraternity pledge: “We were not allowed to use the restrooms or ask for a water break, and if we needed one or the other we could pee our pants or pass out…we were not even allowed to brush our teeth, and if we were caught trying to sleep in a library, sneak … [Read more...] about Don’t Haze Me Bro