Blog | The Incandescent | Page 11 of 24

Skin

I'm ten years old when I ask my cousin whether we count as coloured. We are just learning about the concept of race—how there can be...

psychic

i’m starting to think i might be psychic. see, right now it’s 5pm on a dreary monday and i am sucking on the bitter end of a citrus rind,...

obituary

the newspaper lands at my doorstep, crumpled up and ink bleeding from the rain. it stains my hands black and seeps under my fingernails....

Interrogation of the Drowned

I’m across from you, you across from me, so wake up now; let us dive right into this, shall we? Let’s start from the beginning,...

Below the Surface

We were taught to squeeze our eyes shut as we fall into water. Curl, cradle, cough up again. In dreams, she devoured whole horizons while...

EDITORIAL: A Marshall Plan for America

It is clear that as Trump's days look numbered, his legacy itself will long outlive him in the Republican Party and right-wing politics....

Succulents

I’ve scrolled through the Instagram posts and Buzzfeed articles making pitches for the “Best Plants for Apartments in 2018”. All of them...

EDITORIAL: The Line Between Free Speech and Public Disturbance

Recent events restricting a Virginia student’s right to protest racial injustice have sparked controversy about what speech schools can limi

Apple-picking

And every day is flaming Burning up red, sun, orange Skimming our hair Under a rusting bridge With a crimson dotted gorge When sunset...