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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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Walking the City
Walking the City
A child’s answer to fear
Roman Newell
May 16
Hither, Erebus
Hither, Erebus
Midnight thoughts on the ward
Catrina Prager
May 16
The Grotesque Undercover
The Grotesque Undercover
The realities of people vs our perception
Aima
May 16
The Axe and the Sea
The Axe and the Sea
Franz Kafka: A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us
Wolfe Kamome
May 16
The Morning After Another Affair
The Morning After Another Affair
Free verse poetry
LIN
May 16
How Softly Falling Petals Kiss the Ground
How Softly Falling Petals Kiss the Ground
Intimacy in Nature
Urooba Nadeem
May 16
On Writing
On Writing
Consistency converts desire
Roman Newell
May 15
Loving The Creative Journey
Loving The Creative Journey
Curiosity leads my creativity and feeds my inspiration…
Aurora Moon McKnight
May 15
Mother, I Wish
Mother, I Wish
Pushing creativity
Roman Newell
May 14
Folded
Folded
On Tuesday, I found out I was holding a poem.
Maggie McCombs
May 14
Nearly Perfect Black Stilettos
Nearly Perfect Black Stilettos
Poetry
Connie Song
May 14
God from the DVD Machine
God from the DVD Machine
Yearnings for ancient magic, and an unfulfilled destiny
Margaret Dean
May 14
The Interlopers
The Interlopers
Aching thoughts
J.D. Harms
May 14
So I Danced With My Chaos
So I Danced With My Chaos
If you break the spell of human victimhood, only what is real remains.
Yale Bowman - (Chronic Wellness)
May 14
Girlfight, 1998–2013
Girlfight, 1998–2013
At a high school keg party, a dark-haired girl came up behind a blonde and seized fistfuls of her hair.
Maria Nazos
May 13
Simultaneity
Simultaneity
Carl, Vonnegut, and the Tralfamadorian zoo
Roman Newell
May 13
Marigolds and the Mother
Marigolds and the Mother
The sky was cracked those days. A large swathe of grey with rifts zipping through, glimmering with the reds and fuchsias and golds of…
Urooba Nadeem
May 11
A Quiet Takeover
A Quiet Takeover
When we put our scars together, we may look like drunk, tattooed men in a bar, but we are joining hearts.
Yale Bowman - (Chronic Wellness)
May 10
Thank You to the Man Who Cat-Called then Degraded Me Last Week on the Corner of E and 21st Street
Thank You to the Man Who Cat-Called then Degraded Me Last Week on t...
Ignoring your opening line, “What’s up, good looking?” was easy enough. So was sweeping past you,
Maria Nazos
May 10
Nostos
Nostos
In this heartbeat in which we linger…
Catrina Prager
May 10
Incision
Incision
Exhausted from carrying
J.D. Harms
May 10
Silhouette
Silhouette
Pantoum poem
Maxine G.
May 10
Red Bridge, London Fog
Red Bridge, London Fog
He started onto the red bridge in heavy fog thinking he knew it from a story on the outskirts of his memory. Now that memory was corrupted…
Roman Newell
May 10
Stairways
Stairways
In the direction of the universe
Roman Newell
May 9
Between the Cracks
Between the Cracks
We all have cracks inside…
Aurora Moon McKnight
May 9
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