Issue 3
Hybrid: “What is the Name of Your Survival?” by Ina Cariño
there are different ways to say my name: scar tissue starling, custard apple blemished in summer heat.
Comics: "Haiku Comics" by Shin Yu Pai and Justin Rueff
We proudly present a gorgeous set of haiku comics.
Hybrid: “BREACH” by Linda Chavers
I didn’t know anyone else could see me / The waters so cloudy and my sinking so deep.
Hybrid: “Portrait of Trauma as Lite-Brite (in which “I” is any child), ages 0+” by Jade Yeung
“I wasn’t sure whether to begin those happy sad stories with ‘I’ or ‘She’ or ‘He’ or ‘We’ or ‘One time’ or ‘Don’t tell nobody’ or….” -Kiese Laymon, Heavy
Hybrid: Two Prose Poems by Felicia Zamora
In the 2021 article, Diana Trujillo helps design the rover’s robotic / arm; Diana Trujillo wonders if we are alone
Hybrid: “City Lights” by Tiamet “Ti” Webb
Stunning abstract pointilist painting by Tiamet “Ti” Webb, with several close-ups.
Hybrid: “A Girl Shares Her Recipe for Summoning Dead Mothers” by Ruth Joffre
This recipe is adapted from a common cookie recipe available online. It has no set ingredients.
Hybrid: “Be / Holding the Sea” by Rachel Hsu
We proudly present a stunning hybrid essay by Rachel Hsu, complete with photographs and a visual poem, “Reimagined reflexology chart.”
Comics: “your culture” by Christina Lee
It’s just…I don’t want “Korean” or “Korean American” seen one-dimensionally, you know?
Hybrid: “Dear bear, poems” by Ae Hee Lee
The Hive proudly presents a sequence of “Dear bear, poems” by the amazing Ae Hee Lee.
Comics: "Vacuful" by Trinity Dearborn
But the happy fuels me right? Fuck what if it’s the sad that does?