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Free by Karen Manabat

Posted on Jul 15, 2019Sep 22, 2019 by Karen Manabat

I was magic; A burning kerchief turned into new fabric, A white dove that flew away from a magician’s trick

Catch me by Marcus Brown

Posted on Jul 10, 2017Aug 21, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

Vivid memories sleep on the horizon Reminiscing on the days of old Days past, but not gone Asleep, but not dead The negative energy radiates; Cuts deep: to the core, to the heart Hatred, insecurity, depression Drown you Try to swim Can’t move For what worth is this life alone? Says the insecure Says the […]

Fearless by Lauren Brice

Posted on Jul 7, 2017Feb 19, 2019 by Lauren Brice

Singing in the wind Smiling as she flies free She is fearless

Untitled by Danielle Taylor

Posted on May 31, 2016Jun 27, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. “What do you think you’re doing?” Sarah’s voice brought me back down to earth. I blinked, and looked at the mess I’d collected in front of me. Grass, sticky weeds, dandelions ripped from their roots. I […]

Youth’s Eulogy by Isabella Lewis

Posted on Apr 16, 2016May 9, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

These days feel as if they are always. Since that year, I feel I have seen everything As if through the diligent eyes of God, Dilated with diabolical dissent, Callous in the knowing that Half my friends are criminals, And the rest are vapid souls, Mellow, dramatic, decaffeinated or high, Anarchist academics, Dreaming of new colours, new […]

Words by Veronica Tyler

Posted on Dec 31, 2015Mar 6, 2019 by Veronica Tyler

There were so many words. She could feel them thick in the air, fluttering over her skin and getting tangled in her hair People passing by were throwing catching exchanging an endless torrent of words, as they strode through the city streets Caught amongst a crush of bodies and caught within a dozen strangers’ worlds, […]

Vanity’s Shroud by Dana Li

Posted on Dec 29, 2015Feb 12, 2019 by Dana Li

What a strange old world, where I’ve got one heart but a thousand faces, I’ve got a hundred friends but one ticket to Vegas. What a sad old world, where we wear smiles and our words are sweet, but all we do, all we do is love and leave. It’s the American Dream and it […]

Je suis libre de mon corps #2 by Meghana Mysore

Posted on Nov 17, 2015Dec 3, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

when she was a child, she used to draw pictures of bodyless women, stacked on the page like books stacked on a shelf. neat and clean, she’d say. her mother would smile and ask her, why don’t these women have bodies? and she’d smile back in her innocent way, and say because they’re free […]

When It’s Time to Believe

Posted on Jul 30, 2015Jul 26, 2015 by Kayla King

Do you remember the story that helped you believe in yourself? Well, when was the last time you believed in that book? For all of the power held between their pages, books can be helpless creatures. Without readers, books become bricks to build or shapes to stop doors or a flat surface in which to […]