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Talking to Sentient Cities: Iori Kusano and Writing

Aug 26, 2022 | Issue 13, Nonfiction

Iori Kusano is a queer Asian American writer, competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! duelist, and Extremely Ordinary Office Gremlin living in Tokyo…

Pomegranate by Joseph Hope

Aug 26, 2022 | Issue 13, Poetry

Seeing the pomegranate tree / I thought of you again…

Retinopathy by A.P. Thayer

Aug 26, 2022 | Fiction, Issue 13

I curl up on my side, my skin sticking to the plastic mattress, warm where I’ve been laying on it. The movement allows in…

Polyethylene Kids by Shaoni C. White

Aug 26, 2022 | Blog Feed poetry, Issue 13, Poetry

all the world’s rivers / send love and oil slicks…

The Drifting Bodega by Christopher Yusko

Aug 18, 2021 | Fiction, Issue 12

I wove through unfamiliar city streets, losing myself like I’d read about on the forums, losing myself to find the Bodega…

The Potato and the Wax by Chelsea Sutton

Aug 18, 2021 | Fiction, Issue 12

I joined a museum club. A club. That visits museums. Also, I’m dead…

Speculative City features literary works that explore themes, characters, and landscapes exclusive to urban environments and that highlight voices often unheard.