January / February 2022

Editor’s Note
RYAN WONG • EDITORIAL

Cover Art: Welcome to Graduation
RIO • ART

Black Bile
SYDNEY GAN • FICTION

Reminiscing and Retrospecting With The Malaysian Megaminds of UCLA
TSEN EE LIN • NON-FICTION

Canvas Forest Fire
On Laurel Hell, and The Price of Creative Dreams
RYAN WONG • NON-FICTION

The Moment I Step Out Of The Car
KIEN-LING LIEM • NON-FICTION

Heart Heavy
ELISA REDZA • NON-FICTION

WHAT IF?
LIEM KIEN TING • NON-FICTION

Solomon’s Seals After a Hard Winter
MADELINE LEE • NON-FICTION

forty-six minutes into the new year
MADELINE LEE • NON-FICTION

CTRL-SHIFT-V
KIEN-LING LIEM • NON-FICTION

2012
OLIVER DIMITRI • NON-FICTION

Thirst
IO • POETRY

The Realism of Teen Trauma
A Review of HBO Max’s The Fallout
OLIVER DIMITRI • NON-FICTION