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Hopeful Things
In their bad apple debut Aroha Witinitara returns to the trenches of childhood to reflect on adulthood and deliver an optimistic message to their younger self.
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I Know How to Enter A Conversation
The world comes into view in minor and the major in this bad apple debut from Ella Quarmby.
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Colville
gorm hendo returns to summers of their youth, running around topless and exploring barefoot and unsupervised in this essay ‘Colville’.
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GROUPIE LOVE
Devon Webb reflects on her experience with groupie culture in Pōneke, the sexism ingrained within the music scene and the essential artistry of being a fan.
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manual focus
kī anthony reflects on childhood trauma and adult agency, as a photographic subject and photographer.
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At the time, pure agony
Brooke Soulsby recalls an instance of great confusion between romantic and platonic feelings. Possibly a consequence of reading too many problematic YA romance plots from the early 2010s? She is grateful for a fully formed prefrontal cortex.
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Hungry Old Engines
In this short story about vampires, ghosts and public transport, Spikey Elzenaar slanders the good name of Metlink for 2664 words.
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LUCKY STAR
From Loretta Riach, ‘Lucky Star’ is a devotional poem to the enduring effects of watching Alien (1979) for the first time in year twelve media studies. Also: Sigourney Weaver in her undies.
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I have started having dreams about the world ending.
Maia Armistead writes of catching dusty butterfly wings in her mouth at the end of the world for her bad apple debut.
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Glory Parts
liz breslin transcribes a queer space Zoom room with Billie Fee and Damian Golfinopoulos from Grecco Romank, and Tom Burns /Copper MaeSteal ahead of ‘Glory Whole’ at F.O.L.A. this week.
In a dream, you saw a way to survive, and you were filled with joy.
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