Painting of Vessel by S. Qiouyi Lu

Art by Reiko Murakami “I share a dorm with my best friend from high school: Delilah Yang. We couldn’t be more opposite. Their black hair is in a pixie cut that perfectly frames their face; I wear my hair long, in styled, blonde waves that drape over my shoulders. Their personality is yielding; mine is…

Art by Zack Rose “They are simultaneously void and not void: a black so deep it transcends color, an emptiness that creates a presence outlined by everything it displaces. They have two pairs of horizontal eyes and one vertical eye centered above those two rows of eyes. Purple-deep irises rimmed with gold turn to focus…