Blood by Batool Hasan

I sit on the cold tiled floor, hug my knees and rest my head on top of them.

A drop of water lands on the crown of my head.

Speeding thoughts slam into each other, words tangle with voices. Continue reading

Blood by Bader A. Shehab

Her blood-red velvet dress drunk her skin, shoulder sloped at an angle cutting light in halves below halves of curvature tucked under yarns of episodes of silk, after yarns of silk. Her skin appeared to weave the fabric into worship Continue reading

Bloody Mess by Toby Al-R

The wheels of time are rolling and rolling; dragging millions of peons and blind laborers excavating my heart. Operation governed by discrimination and classism empowered by the fascism of greed and a bloodbath of showering dollars. Continue reading

Blood by Tifa

As long as everything is neat and tidy, there’s little reason for anyone to be too concerned about the life of another. Do you really care? About the young mother you pass heading in to the grocery store, who still took the time to try to hold the door open for you Continue reading

Blood by Kamanha

This night, he’ll deliberately spend it fetching, finding, falling in the sties of his hate

This light, is a lie played by this nice, rude dude staring at the ponderous skies of his fate Continue reading

Blood by Osman Naeem

From Blood to Dust

30,000 men, 300,000 pints of blood, 1,000,000 pints of ale, charging towards each other with the fury of a war orphan, armed with war music, in a valley unnamed
25,000 men, hungry for a promised heaven, thirsty for revenge Continue reading

Superhero by Ahmed AlRasheed

“What happened?” I asked. “You’ve been hit by a camel, Mr. Rauch. But you seem to be fine. I have checked your vitals and it seems like you have recovered extraordinarily fast.” Continue reading

Superhero by Osman Naeem

My dear Destiny,

You and I both thought I would go after losing my body parts to a four footed fire farting falcon from far far away. It happened! But only in the last issue of that comic book spin off about me. But let me let you know, retirement homes are for the dead, they don’t let me listen to Motörhead here, they say it’s not good for my health. Continue reading

Superhero/Supervillian by Toby Al-R

Like the sound of a violin drilling through my bones
I hear you in the pounding waves of the clapping sea
I hear your enfeeble whispers in the dry sand where I stand Continue reading

Superhero by Batool Hasan

Dear New Generation,

I still remember my 6th birthday. Looking at the Polaroid photos, I can almost recall the loud singing and mad clapping. I remember the Pokémon birthday cake -because that’s what all the cool kids got- and neatly-wrapped presents, not stupid gift cards in small envelopes. Continue reading