Isabel Paulos·Mar 26Memória retocadaDois pequenos braços de polvo enroscados numa perna fugidia. Duas frágeis mãos de criança a rodopiar no tapete e o riso solto com todo o ar…
InOne Long Breath… HeldbyEdward Finlayson M7THY·Dec 14, 2025ShoelacesI sit with him on the old park bench, the one with the faint dip in the middle that always tilts us a little closer together. The wood is…
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InThe Silent InkbyAki Sasayama·May 14, 2025Mom’s Reunion in an Unexpected EventWhen I was a child, I wandered off in a crowded department store and got lost. What happened next turned my mother’s panic into something…
InOne Long Breath… HeldbyEdward Finlayson M7THY·May 9, 2025She Always Wrote My NameI’ve started coming here every day. Not for the coffee — not really.
InOne Long Breath… HeldbyEdward Finlayson M7THY·May 5, 2025The Washing BowlPlacing my mother-in-law’s old, and chipped stoneware bowl on the counter, I’m turning to the kettle as I hear the front door close. I turn…
InOne Long Breath… HeldbyEdward Finlayson M7THY·Apr 17, 2025The One Who FellI see her start to fall, but no matter how fast I try to move, I’m never going to close the distance quickly enough. My feet pound the…
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InOne Long Breath… HeldbyEdward Finlayson M7THY·Apr 14, 2025First Date, AlmostAs yet another car speeds past, hitting the exact same rain-filled pothole and sending yet another tsunami of filthy, ice-cold rainwater…A response icon2A response icon2
InOne Long Breath… HeldbyEdward Finlayson M7THY·Apr 13, 2025Tea for TwoI step out of the garage into the blinding afternoon sunlight, squinting as I wipe my hands on an already oil-stained rag. The carburettor…A response icon1A response icon1