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The Interstitial strives to curate intelligent, insightful, and thought-provoking pieces about what it means to be human. We bring our readers a distilled view of the complexities, contradictions, and edges of humanity across all genres.
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Start-Up Lay Off
Start-Up Lay Off
As you watch as your friends pack their desks, a tall man walks through the desk aisles
Maria Nazos
Sep 18
Letters from Women Labelled ‘Mongrels’
Letters from Women Labelled ‘Mongrels’
For those of us who wander, and feel they lack a cultural identity
Nicole Paton
Sep 18
Pressure
Pressure
I feel the pressure building.
Chelsea Nelthropp
Sep 17
Pieces.
Pieces.
The world is so full that words are empty… — Jalaluddin Rumi
Black on white. Words from Mari
Sep 17
No Strings Attached
No Strings Attached
Poetry
Connie Song
Sep 17
The Loop
The Loop
Do we stay or disintegrate?
Roman Newell
Sep 16
Thirst
Thirst
I and we
J.D. Harms
Sep 16
Elsewhere Diner and Motel
Elsewhere Diner and Motel
A lonely drive.
Phoebe Solomon
Sep 16
Male Neighbors
Male Neighbors
Say you dissolved with every pour of Alizé: Allowed their bodies to cross your lawn, hands to explore your worlds that should’ve remained
Maria Nazos
Sep 12
The River Bends, And I Flow With It
The River Bends, And I Flow With It
A poem
Ani Eldritch
Sep 12
Pearls Before Swine
Pearls Before Swine
You don’t deserve my belief
Nicole Paton
Sep 12
Silence and Ash
Silence and Ash
Hungry monsters and burning…
Aurora Moon McKnight
Sep 11
Sonata
Sonata
Breaking in half then splitting many times
Roman Newell
Sep 10
Out by the Campfire
Out by the Campfire
Lessons in gratitude, grace, and acceptance
Roman Newell
Sep 9
The Stranger With Paint On His Cheek
The Stranger With Paint On His Cheek
The amber of the setting sun had seeped into the very air that day, painting the entire sky the color of orange juice. That day, your old…
urooba
Sep 9
what does it mean to be indivisible?
what does it mean to be indivisible?
suddenly, I am vaporized to a world unseen, of chaos, light, energy I rip and break forcefully, I shift, shape spiraling, I try to shrink…
YCA
Sep 9
The Weight of Breathing
The Weight of Breathing
A poem
Ani Eldritch
Sep 7
Abstract Darkness
Abstract Darkness
Velvet antlered starry sky obscurity
Roman Newell
Sep 6
Of Gods and Mirrors
Of Gods and Mirrors
A poem
Ani Eldritch
Sep 6
a girl and a ghost or a ghost and a girl
a girl and a ghost or a ghost and a girl
I say, where are you?
YCA
Sep 5
Love Note to Turbulence
Love Note to Turbulence
How many times have you doubled me over in fear, each time clenching my jaw and sphincter, knowing, this time, this is it, and every bad…
Maria Nazos
Sep 5
8A
8A
A living home.
Phoebe Solomon
Sep 5
The Infinite Muse
The Infinite Muse
Beneath the weeping willow tree…
Aurora Moon McKnight
Sep 5
Tears and Other Ruins
Tears and Other Ruins
It’s not always ash
J.D. Harms
Sep 4
To be an option among many
To be an option among many
Things my father taught me
Catrina Prager
Sep 4
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