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Issue Spring '26

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

"Yellow Stars on a Black Floor" by Tania Serket

Short Story

The Other Side

by Somrwita Guha

I knew something was wrong the moment I saw the shoes. It wasn’t the usual neat line of sandals, school shoes, and the battered floaters my uncles ...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

"Never Had Much Choice In It" by Benjamin Malay

Essay

The Bitter Smell of Sagebrush

by Aizhan Yesbolatova

When we approached the village, I didn’t recognize the house. It felt strange because, in my memory, it stood there so vividly; yet, when the driver ...read the full piece

Essay

A Year in Tokyo

by Jee Ann Marie E. Guibone

The first thing you notice in Tokyo is a siren going off every night. You’ve booked a business hotel in a suburb of Nishi-Shinjuku. It’s a stone’s ...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

Alba

by Malavika M Nair

Six o’ clock and the sun brought a quintet of silent crawlers to the concrete, five glass snails on a line, lost in plans of their morning walk: in ...read the full piece

Poetry

crying with an apple in my hand

by Aida-Flavia Ciucaș

apple skin.tears driedbefore the bite. seeds sleep.no roots.no rain. an orchardof silencein my palm. ...read the full piece

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In Conversation

Other

Writing the Same Body Twice — Microfiction, Self-Translation, and Controlled Loss

by Azul Rivera

August 3rd, 2026

Review

Surviving and Community on the Fringes of Society — A Review of “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong

by Luka Peters

July 26th, 2026

Profile

Jack Kerouac — The Restless Writer Who Put America on the Road

by Patrichia Dcruze

July 18th, 2026

Review

The Woman Behind the Goddess — A Review of “The Forest of Enchantments” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

by Jana Yin

June 22nd, 2026

... more In Conversation

News & Events

NYC Poetry Festival 2025; Matthew Monroy, John Salimbene & Lisa Schantl © Tint

Tint Journal writers’ locales:

Issue Spring '26

In Conversation

Writing the Same Body Twice — Microfiction, Self-Translation, and Controlled Loss

Surviving and Community on the Fringes of Society — A Review of “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong

Jack Kerouac — The Restless Writer Who Put America on the Road

The Woman Behind the Goddess — A Review of “The Forest of Enchantments” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

News & Events

Tint goes NYC Poetry Festival 2026

Tint goes STERRRN Fest 2026

Spring '26: Out Now!

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