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- Izabela Morska
As the Domestic Gothic issue of Polish Gothic was nearing publication, I went to see a performance based on Dracula at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. The scenography included [...]
- Darya Rusak
I have straw in my bed. Long, sturdy twigs that shine like gold and look so ridiculous in my almost unfurnished apartment with bare, peeling walls. I’m used to the dirty gray [...]
- Karolina Wolniak
There is no place in the world that I love better than my garden. My life’s work. I am so proud of it. When I first got my hands on this property, [...]
- Cathleen Davies
My darling son, The inquest has come and gone, as has the funeral. The cuts and bruises healed first, then eventually the broken arm and six broken ribs. My neck still twinges [...]
- Artur Kafarski
Three drops. Four. The glass dropper hovered over the porcelain cup. Arthur held his breath. The cobalt-blue apothecary bottle felt slick with his own nervous sweat as the ribbed edges dug a [...]
- Jan Piszczek
Droplets of rain rattle against the glass-metal walls and roof of the greenhouse, sliding down the translucent panels and then flowing into gutters and barrels that collect rainwater for later reuse around [...]
- Kathryn Leigh
Hanging on the wall outside my psychologist’s office was a painting. A two-foot square grey canvas with a black circle in the middle. I stared at it, playing with the button on [...]
- Maria Wieruszewska
I threw away the meat. It was getting harder and harder to ignore the stench. For the first week and a half it was doable, but after Thursday it became unbearable — [...]
- Pola Walukiewicz
Next to Normal, the Pulitzer Prize–winning musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, premiered on Broadway in 2008. A professional recording of the 2024 West End revival was recently released online. The [...]