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Flash Fiction

Cloth

by Niels Bekkema

He would have liked to try sentences — to feel their weight. Better still, he would have liked to stand up, to extend his back and press the crown of ...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

"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

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

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

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

"Places we didn't travel to" by Anna Major

Poetry

Lacrimosa

by Rudrangshu Sengupta

1. Did you know there’s a flood in the mirror everytime you blink?The night sways in silk, in the hush of an ocean that never stops whispering. ...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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