Tint Journal

Short Story

Dust

by Olga Ruchina

I am an archive of suffering. I’m 25 years old. Ancient, by our standards. Most of us live a week or two, maybe a few months if they’re lucky enough ...read the full piece

Short Story

Proof of Magic

by Jowita Bydlowska

Inside me there is a flattened, pear-shaped organ called a pancreas, and a collection of other slick, cooperating parts I barely think about unless ...read the full piece

Short Story

Deda and Baba Forever. A Diptych.

by Mark Budman

One part of this story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Farm,” was originally published in a slightly different version in Moon City Review. I. A ...read the full piece

Flash Nonfiction

Moon Jar

by Bora Hah

1. For days, I couldn’t write anything. Tired, I was so tired — even in my dreams. 2. That afternoon, I went to see a moon jar. I love moon jars. ...read the full piece

Essay

Algorithmic Womanhood

by Paulina Jarantewicz

I don’t remember when I stopped looking at my body and started auditing it. It happens at 6 a. m. now, still in bed, before my eyes have fully opened. ...read the full piece

Flash Nonfiction

The Malwiya

by Amro Alkado

“Wisalna lo ba’ad? Ba’ad ishwiya lil cha’ab!” we chanted in unison. — “Are we there yet or not? Just a little further to go!” The minibus rattled ...read the full piece

Poetry

scorpio season

by Niki Orfanou

she showed mea jarof scorpionsshe pickedwith a forkthe markon her handone jumpedstungone halfof herhowledlike a beartrappedin wirethe other ...read the full piece

Poetry

sappho

by MK Kuol

there is a slim songhowling in the throat of these northern windsa song about inebriated men inebriated menwho in the serenity night offerswage war ...read the full piece

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Issue Spring '26

In Conversation

A Praise Song for Creatures Big and Small — A Review of “They Gather Around Me, the Animals” by Kunjana Parashar

Objects as Horological Device — An Interview with O Jungio

Between Control and Insanity — A Review of “The Coin” by Yasmin Zaher

A Personal Record of Anxiety and Growth — A Review of “In a Dream” by Lind Duraku

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Tinted Tales: reading across cultures

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