Zine Stories

Being Indian American feels like living in a pressure cooker wrapped in a smile. You're told to be perfect, productive, palatable - never loud, never intimidating. But travel to India, and you'll meet folks who are bold, stylish, confident, and unapologetically gangsta. DEAR DIASPORA, YOU'RE NOT THE MAIN CHARACTER is a sharp, personal callout - not to India, but to the suffocating performance of "representation," perfectionism and intraracial competition that dominates Desi life in the West. This isn't a sob story - it's a truth bomb. A cultural essay that demands real freedom, not filtered branding. If you're ready to sip some realness, break free from the cage of expectations, and find your max pro aura - this is for you. 🍋 Bold. Tart. Sweet. Unfiltered. 🍋 Just like a glass of limeade on a hot day.

meratap hati yang tak ingin kembali itu sesungguhnya perkara yang sia sia. but it tooks me years to get over it. tahun-tahun yang aku luang untuk kutip the broken piece of me, aku simpan sendiri. i want to start writing again. wait, where did i stop?

JULIA SAFYA, seindah nama dan semanis orangnya. Bekerja sebagai pereka dan perunding kad perkahwinan, telah mempertemukan Safya dengan pelbagai ragam manusia. Salah seorangnya adalah Aniq Zackry. Lelaki yang sentiasa menguji sabar seorang gadis sepertinya. Namun, wujudnya Tunku Safwan sedikit sebanyak melegakan hati Safya yang selalu panas dengan sikap menjengkelkan lelaki itu. Benarlah kata orang, sabar itu ada hadnya. Tanpa diduga, Safya meletak jawatan setelah sekian lama memendam rasa dengan karenah klien yang entah apa-apa ditambah pula sikap majikan yang sentiasa menyebelahi pelanggan berbanding dirinya yang berhempas pula bagi memastian kelancaran urusan syarikat. Berita Safya meletak jawatan sampai ke pengetahuan Aniq. Dia yang menjadi punca kejadian itu berlaku, mula dihambat rasa bersalah. Baginya dia harus bertanggungjawab terhadap apa yang telah berlaku. "I tahu... perbuatan I melampau! I'm so sorry Cik Safya!" - ANIQ "Mudah sangat you minta maaf!" - SAFYA. Namun, sejak dari peristiwa itu, wujud sekeping poskad bersama sebungkus makanan menemani hari-hari yang berlalu. Kau dan aku adalah sebuah rasa. Rasa yang tumbuh lalu bercambah menjadi cinta. Haih, lain macam sungguh kiriman poskad yang diterima. Semakin hari semakin puitis. Dan poskad yang Safya terima hari itu nyata berbeza berbanding sebelumsebelum ini. Safya dihambat keliru dan kabur tentang si pengirim rahsia itu sehinggalah satu panggilan telefon merungkai misteri si pemberi poskad yang saban hari tidak putus asa melayangkan kata-kata puitis untuk tatapan matanya. Yang hilang senyumanmu. Yang kulihat raut sepimu. Kembalilah tersenyum. Kerana aku rindu pada pesonamu. Siapakah jejaka itu? Adakah Aniq yang masih tegar menanti kata maaf? Atau Tunku Safwan yang baik hati orangnya? Atau itu semua kerjanya Si Agus, teman sepejabat? Semuanya bakal terjawab dalam naskah Pasangan Yang Ditakdirkan.

dear the one that got away

Lee gratuitamente el fanzine de Latin Hetalia.

here you can find the details of where some of my works are featured + published.

Uncover Magical Poetry and a Visual Arts experience. Tap into the Gooey vibes.

Think of it as a little poetry zine .

poems i wrote in quarantine about pretty girls, cottagecore, and trauma

The first ever issue of the Disco zine with interviews, skateboarding and art!

The first-ever issue of Novel Society. PDF Format of the magazine available on the website!

Yang rambang, Yang datang, Berbaur aksara, Pada waktu malam.

Three year old poetry

Katsuki and Izuku have been enrolled in a highschool academy geared toward space exploration, development, and defense called Yueei. At the end of their second year, their first expedition goes underway. Now four months in, the academy's top third year officers take down a suspicious fire. Their findings prove that the station has more secrets than any of them thought possible. // Hullo!! This work is a contribution to the BakuDeku Big Bang 2024 zine! I had an amazing time writing this bit, and I'm stunned it's finished. The bang gave me such a lovely artist whose work will be in the fic and used as cover art. Thank you so much goodby3sun for your effort and awesome collaboration. I also had a beta that I dont know what happened to, but thank you Sion.

Thoughts. That's what makes a writer. If you have no thoughts you can't write. My thoughts are cataloged here, hopefully for someone to read and relate to. Life is hard and it sure as hell is kicking my ass. (Does not have to be read in any particular order)

In this, The_Bookshop's first zine, we're highlighting zombie fiction. Stories by: Reffster, Elevloy, ESHurricane, CrispinOTooleBateman, and SacredLilac.

SportPunk is what happens when society becomes so fixated on sport that nothing else matters. Sport is life. Megacorporations spend lots of money on improving athletes beyond normal human capabilities. Life-forms from alien worlds are taken and used in cruel bloodsports. And perhaps sport is what finally prongs peace to a torn universe... Let's get sporty!