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Cover: “a smörgåsbord of silly birbs”, an illustration by Chéredo
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Ask Aphro & Dite
• how are you Aphro?
• birb
Verily Vérité
• what is february??
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“comparisonality”, a poem collection by svnmii
“Dance To This”, an illustration by The Wallflower
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“comparisonality”, continued “green.”, a poem by sophka
“Final Date Before the Nine Lonely Months” an illustration by flaming elmo
“patroclus”, a poem by sophka
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“Yearning”, an illustration by The Wallflower
“elysian peace”, a haiku by chiharu
“War of the Seas”, a poem by Halimede
“if you can name every series i will actually pay you real money”, an illustration by viento de levante
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“Firelight”, a story by Halimede
“Smoke Break”, an illustration by Hecate
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“mobs todoroki 100%”, an illustration by viento de levante “bloc d’art: a haiku (and cry for help)”, by Yuridice
“songbird”, a poem by Vérité
“Floradora”, an illustration by Yuridice
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“A Rising Chorus”, a story by Eneas
“BIRB”, an illustration by Hecate
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“Swine”, an illustration by Child13
“Circles”, a piece by Child13
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“Circles”, continued
“Alternate Forms”, an illustration by Willow and Wisp
“Chapter III: Alternae Formae”, a poem by Willow and
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“Wisp Shatter (Sky School)”, a story by Dionysus
“Something I Didn’t Say”, an illustation by Hecate
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“Untitled Document”, by Alaska
“Untitled Picture”, by Alaska
Ask Aphro
Dear Aphro,
Why don’t you tell me a bit about yourself, for a change? So many ask you for your advice, but it seems nobody ever wants to ask about you. How are you? How have you been?
Sincerely, A Fan
Dearest, darlingest, loveliest Fan, I love you most ardently. I am putting together an elegant and elaborate proposal as I speak.
Kidding, kidding! I’m sure you’re already taken. I am doing perfectly alright, dear Fan. My die is cast, fates aligned, stars hanging in the balance, all that. There was a little kerfuffle last year with an old ‘friend’ who belonged firmly in the past, but this year has been delightfully smooth sailing up in Olympus.
How are you? Are you well? Might you happen to be looking for a true love? I’m famous for that, you know. I could set you up--
Anyhow.
With love, Aphro
Ask Dite
Dear Dite,
I have an adorable pet bird at home that I love to pieces. Only problem is, he’s been acting awfully suspicious lately. Chirping--beeping, more like--in the dead of night, always falling silent when I enter a room, and worst of all, starting to repeat strange phrases like “Surveillance complete. Uploading data”. He’s a tiny blue parakeet, mind you. Any advice?
Sincerely, Birb Boy
Dear Birb Boy,
It seems that you may be dealing with a P4ak33t 2.0 model by Heph & Aestus Enterprises. Pretty common issue when the P4k3 first came out. Blue ones specifically seemed to pick up words directly from H&A meeting rooms. HUGE privacy issues. Exposed corporate secrets for like a month. Simple fix though. All you need to do is–what?--One moment, please.
(What’s wrong, Aphro?...Yeah, so what?... Non-disclosure?...What do you mean, billion-drachma lawsuit?!)
It has come to my attention that I may not advise you on that front, as I do not have knowledge on the inner workings of H&A Enterprises. (cough Yeah, right cough) It does not seem that your P4k3 is not defective, but feel free to purchase a new one, or contact an H&A repair shop with any questions.
(We good?...Perfect, if he tries to sue, he won’t have a foot to stand on….I mean, you’re not wrong, but that’s rude.)
Not Legally Responsible For Your Further Actions, Dite issuu.com/midnightwriters
Verily Vérité
Greetings, one and all! It is February which can only mean one thing--wildly varying weather patterns and temperatures from below freezing to upwards of eighty degrees!
Oh, Maryland. Why are you like this?
But let’s talk about it, shall we? Let’s talk about how for the past three months of winter, we have yet to get a single snow day--and likely never will again. Thanks, Montgomery County. We really appreciate you making all future snow days “virtual learning” days. That was just what we were hoping for. Brilliant.
In other news, Valentine’s Day happened. Except that Literary Magazine was barred from handing out Candy-gram poems because someone decided to steal our fundraising slot. A month full of chill and bitterness, this February was. Many a heart was broken.
But at least there was the school play. That was fun :) TTFN, starcatchers. Until next time, we March on.
