Mstyslav Chernov/UnFrame
To Be Laid Out
Nina Djukic’s story won first prize in the Synapse storytelling contest nonfiction category. There are things we cannot know until...
GAD
She went to the doctor todayAnd we told her she was sick She didn’t need a visit to knowThat unfortunate...
Work-Life Balance
When I came across this coffee cup balanced perfectly and precariously on a hallway railing in Zuckerberg San Francisco General...
Your Greatest Fear
This crosswalk to the clouds really sums up how I picture it every time I face things in the future...
Proximity
January 31, 2021He wasn't my patientbut I saw him,heard the interns discuss him,watched him slipfurtherand further.It was imminent-they said. He...
One Day We Woke Up on Mars
One September, we woke up to find that something was wrong with the light. We had become more and more...
Emergency Room: January 22, 2021
His irritation hums as I push back the curtain in the emergency roomthe air electric and tense.He clutches a juicebox(grape...
The Weights On Either Side
Before twenty five I haveSeen towers fall and dictators riseAs if history is a lever that seeksequilibrium. I trust that...
Refuge
Down, down I follow the sounds Of waves and winds murmuring Against the rocks