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Issue Fall '25

Short Story

Practical

by Johan Smits

They said it’d be risky, that I was being taken for a ride, that it wouldn’t be worth it and God knows what else, but I’m glad that in the end I took ...read the full piece

"You Should Do As I Have Done" by Douglas Campbell

Short Story

When the Soil Softens

by Tilbe Akan

Another winter night. Again. There is no summer anymore, only winter and darkness. It’s almost always dark now. Every day, it seems the sun tries to ...read the full piece

Short Story

Abandoning a Pet

by Áron Bartal

He was gonna be the rest of my life. I was his and he was mine. We cut through the forest, like blades. Our edges defined us. I was sixteen and he was ...read the full piece

Essay

Your Anger Is Entrusted to Me

by Helin Yüksel

Dedicated to Leyla [1] , all Leylas, and Ünzile [2] , all Ünziles By growing up around 16 women from both sides, Mom’s and Dad’s, 10-year-old she ...read the full piece

Flash Nonfiction

Changing the Story

by Ekow Agyine-Dadzie

I come from a place so small it is not even on the map: Awutu Oshimpo in the Central Region of Ghana. A quiet village with red dust, bare feet, and ...read the full piece

Essay

A Farce in the Cultural Revolution

by Sue Tong

A Child’s Handwriting Sparked a Storm When the Cultural Revolution broke out in 1966, our family — branded among the “Black Five Categories” — was ...read the full piece

Poetry

Layers of Home

by Leila Zolfalipour

In the backyard where the air hums, I stand, where both lands converge, A quiet bridge between the roots of my past, And the soil that holds my ...read the full piece

Poetry

Exiles

by A.D. Capili

You remind me the blind in the bedroom is broken: I need to call somebody in Dutch, which already makes my thinking stutter; the cat peed again ...read the full piece

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Issue Fall '25

In Conversation

Climate Collapse, but Make It Absurd — A Review of Rajat Chaudhuri’s “The Butterfly Effect”

Ecological Consciousness Imbibed in Poetic Sensibilities — In Conversation with Kunjana Parashar

The Language of Grief — A Review of Ingrid Rojas Contreras’ “The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir”

A Glimpse behind the Scenes of Poetry’s Exophonic Issue with Editor and Poet Srikanth Reddy

News & Events

Tint Author Talk | Yousif M. Qasmiyeh & Serafina Ferizaj

Tint Journal Authors Awarded with Pushcart Prize(s)

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