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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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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
Going Home
Going Home
On the small plane back to Nebraska, the plane began to stutter into a storm.
Maria Nazos
Sep 4
Couch
Couch
Between the cushions
Roman Newell
Sep 3
Nightmare of the Oracle
Nightmare of the Oracle
A poem
Ani Eldritch
Sep 3
Angry
Angry
A Poem
Nicole Paton
Sep 3
Catcher of words.
Catcher of words.
I don’t promise that I can change the world, but I promise that I can find words that will truly change the world. — Tupac Amaru Shakur
Black on white. Words from Mari
Sep 1
Alkaline
Alkaline
Five past seven
Roman Newell
Aug 29
The Ashes of Eve
The Ashes of Eve
A poem
Ani Eldritch
Aug 28
Safekeep
Safekeep
Towers on the beach
Roman Newell
Aug 27
An old man with a butterfly in the sea.
An old man with a butterfly in the sea.
I am water in a glass, poured into the sea. I exist, but I have long been lost by myself. Mixed in a new aura of space. I grab the hands of…
Black on white. Words from Mari
Aug 26
The Gift
The Gift
Third skin, in unison
J.D. Harms
Aug 26
To the Man Watching From the Window
To the Man Watching From the Window
A memoir
Maggie McCombs
Aug 26
How to Wear Your Rings Like the Waitress at the West Virginia Truck Stop
How to Wear Your Rings Like the Waitress at the West Virginia Truck...
Slip on the emerald bargained for at a store called Romance in the Stone that you found backpacking through Bogotá. Garnish your finger…
Maria Nazos
Aug 26
After My Neighbor Barges into My Apartment at Night because I’m Supposedly Running the Garbage…
After My Neighbor Barges into My Apartment at Night because I’m Sup...
Struck dizzy and dumb, I stood there, trying to figure out how he wormed through my double-locked front door. When I asked him how, he…
Maria Nazos
Aug 24
Kaleidescope
Kaleidescope
The angels are excruciating.
Maisie Archer
Aug 24
Too Long in Silence
Too Long in Silence
A vignette
Ani Eldritch
Aug 24
Me And Sylvia
Me And Sylvia
How many women can you fit in a bell jar?
Linda Caroll
Aug 21
Walking on Brooklyn
Walking on Brooklyn
The steps beneath my feet
Roman Newell
Aug 21
The Burning Sky
The Burning Sky
From the vantage point of the divine
Ani Eldritch
Aug 21
Into The Well
Into The Well
A decision in the distant past
Roman Newell
Aug 19
At the Gym
At the Gym
A woman sits on a rowing machine. Her damp dark hair swept back from her face, her eyes, black diamonds glittering beneath
Maria Nazos
Aug 19
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