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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

Stitched

by Anna Pedko

Her grandmother was the last person Svitlana went to say goodbye to before leaving. Not because she didn’t have any warm feelings toward Granny but ...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

The End of Endings

by Anneliz Marie Erese

1. How many endings have happened to me after good lovemaking? I cannot count. I refuse to count. The lovemaking is only a culmination of other things ...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

False Positives

by Sarp Sozdinler

The test said I was53% Middle Eastern19% Caucasus0% certainty and 100% tryingto build a nest out ofmortar and bricks I scrolled past the mapzoomed in ...read the full piece

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Issue Fall '25

In Conversation

Jhumpa Lahiri — The Writer Who Changed Her Own Tongue

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

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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