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Hope for the Future

by Ramona Gore

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Emi exhaled into the night, her breath quickly condensed by the cold air. She buried her icy hands even deeper into her pockets in an attempt to regain some warmth in her fingertips. Her cheeks had surely turned pink by now and the padding in her thick coat provided little relief from the brick wall she leaned against. Just as she was about to call it quits, he stepped out of the doorway she stood next to.
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September 6, 2023

Prose, Stories, Words

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The Amazine celebrates its one year anniversary!

An immense thank you to every single artist who trusted us with their work in the first year of our existence, as well as every single reader and follower ❤

Yes, today marks exactly one year since we launched this project and what a ride it has been!
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September 3, 2023

Editor’s Note

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A creative writing teacher told us we were not allowed to write about suicide

by Ron Riekki

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in class, so, out of class, I’m sure we did, at least, some
of us, me, anyway, now, here, which I hope it’s OK to do,

and I’m not going to glorify it, or understand it or, maybe,
even write about it, instead, writing about the fragments
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September 1, 2023

Poetry, Words

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Lines for a Dog-rose

by Emma Butcher

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A queer flower, not delicate though small,

is the sweet scented bloom of the dog rose,

placed carefully in its sharply-thorned wall.
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August 30, 2023

Poetry, Words

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Snow Day

by Willow Page Delp

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It was cold.

Piper was the embodiment of cold-resistant, sleeping without covers on cool sheets as she sweat through her pajamas. She was always sweltering — tying her dust-colored hair into a ponytail as perspiration gathered on the nape of her neck, slashing off the sleeves of her school uniform, keeping the ceiling fan spinning twenty-four-seven — much to her roommate’s chagrin.

When Opal saw the fan on, she would grumble, retreat into an oversized hoodie, and bury herself in her blankets, like a tunneling animal. Their arrangement was built on the fraught compromise, temperature-wise, but the balance was never mutual agreement — something closer to a ceasefire.

But, this morning, even Piper had to admit it was cold.
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August 26, 2023

Prose, Stories, Words

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2 poems

by Tara Monjazeb

On your last day, you said you’d be
right behind me, everywhere i go.
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August 23, 2023

Poetry, Words

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Personal Goals

by Mel Eaton

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What I want in life is to-

            -Write my heart out until my fingers grow graphite legs and scribble away.

                        -Square up with fear and make the first punch

                                    -Throw my art to the wind and let God be the judge:

                                                (tho with the rain, I can’t tell if it is happy or sad)
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August 18, 2023

Poetry, Prose, Words

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The Amazine Prose Reading: Jasna Dimitrijević

We proudly present the first amazine prose reading!

Our wonderful contributor Jasna Dimitrijević reads an excerpt from her story Happy Ending, published on The Amazine in December, 2022.

Give it a listen below ❤

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August 16, 2023

Prose, Sounds

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2 poems

by Rumaisa Maryam Samir

I savour the bitter bite of it.
My tastebuds come alive.
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August 15, 2023

Poetry, Words

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The Madison

by William Cass

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The Madison was old, red-brick, and smoke-stained on its far side from the chimneys of a nearby factory that had closed a decade ago. The building’s five stories housed a few dozen cramped, drab apartments, a few of which also served as places of business: a seamstress, a child care provider, an online counselor, a call center rep, a translator. Its small foyer was dimly lit and had no doorman. An elevator occupied most of the wall across from the front doors bordered by a plate glass window that looked out onto the sidewalk and street. A potted artificial ficus stood like a sentinel at the base of the third wall, and a bank of mailboxes filled the fourth.
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August 11, 2023

Prose, Stories, Words

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