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"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

"Flowers for the Forgotten" by Michael Pacheco

Short Story

Unearthing

by Christian Nikolaus Opitz

Notes to the reader: One, the present text is a collage, borrowing from the writings of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (pseud. E. Werner), Claire von Glümer, ...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 too ...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 already ...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

Exits Exist

by Karen Cheung

The city is frothing with bodies and I am pacing, collecting. I landed in Hong Kong on November 16, 2023, and found that I no longer speak its ...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 footsteps ...read the full piece

Poetry

Still & Μωβ

by Vasiliki Sifostratoudaki

Still & Μωβ[1] still[2]There is nothing that doesn’t fit in writing or couldn’t grow in it.I had no land nor space, she was with me, from toes to ...read the full piece

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Issue Fall '25

In Conversation

Love and Its Many Tints — A Review of Juhea Kim’s “A Love Story From the End of the World”

A Woman’s Life, Out of Line — A Review of “Girls Who Stray” by Anisha Lalvani

A Brief and Personal History of Literary Translingualism — An Interview with Natasha Lvovich

A Plurality of Women’s Lives — A Review of “Talking With Boys” by Tayyba Kanwal

News & Events

Tint Journal Author in Best Microfiction 2026

Tint Journal Authors Awarded with Pushcart Prize(s)

Fall '25: Out Now!

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