This was previously published in our October 2024 issue. “Everything reminds me of him. Just even driving past Emmaus just reminds me. Even though I went to that school, it’s just him. It’s always him.” Edwin Cortes’ older sister, Leah...

This previously ran in our April 2023 print issue. I turned 16 recently. My first time driving was the day I got my permit. I drove around a parking lot, and my dad sat in the passenger seat. He held tightly onto the roof handle and his only advice...

This previously ran in our December 2022 print issue. It’s the holiday season, and the house is filled with chaotic laughter and cheer. There are 20 kids from eight different families all in one house, running around and shooting each other with...

“Don’t you see what is happening to your mind?”  This is what Evelyn Wang’s father says to her as he tries to convince her to kill her daughter in order to save the world from a black hole. Only it’s not her real father, or her real daughter,...