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Author: Monica Lin

IT’S TIME WE WAKE UP

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Artwork by Danni Nguyen   Think of last summer—between the daily drone of mindless work, courses, and life […]

Posted on December 22, 2025December 23, 2025 Issue 17Toronto

Ready-Lights, Action

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I can be described as 3 stages: the first is blinding, the floorboards reflecting off the cold, white […]

Posted on October 15, 2025December 7, 2025 Issue #16Toronto

why quantum mechanics is the best description of my gender 

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Edited by Alloe Mak To simplify it in as few words as possible, quantum mechanics is the study […]

Posted on June 30, 2025October 15, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

04/22/25, 4 days until The Flight

“You were a pleasure to work with,” my counsellor said, her face warm and round like a pumpkin. […]

Posted on May 24, 2025May 24, 2025 May FlowersToronto

sick of writing

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Something scratches at the back of my throat,

Posted on February 29, 2024 Issue #11

Let Yourself Feel, Let Yourself Live

Writer: Monica Lin Editors: Ashley Yeung and Alloe Mak As humans, it is natural for us to be […]

Posted on June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 Issue #8

Starlight and Sunshine: A Short Story

The night is cold.  Cold in the sense that I cannot feel my wind-eaten fingers; cold in the […]

Posted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Issue #6

Incapable

By: Monica Lin I am a romantic.A hopeless, stupid, romantic.Consuming media like it ismy second heartbeat;A piggyback heart.An […]

Posted on December 20, 2022December 22, 2022 Issue #5

Have You Met the Pink Glow? 

By: Monica Lin If you stare into my eyes, you can almost notice a faint pink tint hiding […]

Posted on December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Issue #5

The Clock Ticks Too Fast For My Liking

Time spills out of my hands; sands of time. It is the waves  kissing the shores; one, two, […]

Posted on October 30, 2022October 30, 2022 Issue #4

The Art of Pushing Someone Away

Disclaimer: The author does not support the idea of pushing someone away, nor was this piece created to […]

Posted on October 30, 2022October 30, 2022 Issue #4

Childhood Closure; A Personal Story

When I was little, I dreaded art class. I hated the walls of the basement, I hated the […]

Posted on August 30, 2022April 25, 2023 Issue #3

winter air 

you are the cold and frigid; winter air. deprived of warmth and dry on my skin-flaking neck. i […]

Posted on August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Issue #3
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