N O N F I C T I O N
Confessions From a New Year’s Resolutionist
“We lit sparklers with blue fingers and pretended we were in movies while sand leaked into our Bluetooth speakers. It felt sacred until Maria set off the sparkle sticks.”
emmy chen
In Which You and I Get Stuck in a Gas Station For as Long as We Want
“You see, this place that we’re about to be isn’t real. I go there all the time, and I’m also not sure I’ve ever been.”
Theodore Santanilla
From the Passenger Seat
“My head rolls to the side to catch her looking at my face, which happens often. She tells me she loves to look at me because I am so beautiful. But what she doesn’t realize is that she is looking at herself.”
carly mathas
Alba
“Today I’m in the memory where I sit with a stranger on the steps of a cathedral across from Madrid’s Royal Palace. His name is Mérida, a Chilean boy I met that afternoon while wandering the city alone in an attempt to avoid my family.”