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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

"Mechanical Life No. Y" by Radoslav Rochallyi

Short Story

Flyers

by Galina Itskovich

America doesn’t exist. I’ve been there.— Alain Resnais, Mon oncle d’Amerique On a Friday afternoon, a phone rings. It’s too soon to call her my new ...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

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

Essay

New Words, New Worlds

by Alina Zollfrank

It snoozes on the bookshelf, slightly dusty and, upon further inspection, as battered as I remember. The soft, sunflower-yellow cover is warped 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

Rooms :: Under Siege

by Elina Kumra

I. The shelter which is concrete-gray or maybe dust-white, and mattresseson the floor and little fists stick out of blankets andolive-brown cheeks and ...read the full piece

"The Process of Creation" by Atzin Garcia

Poetry

Wallflowers Are Black

by Hajer Requiq

I am not the same woman you left.That woman was chinaware, pottery-work.I have nothing to do with things that break.My mother gave birthto a huddle of ...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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