Celebrating literary goods created by Indonesian youth. Delivered from our students, staff and guest contributors; are a diverse panoply of poetry, comics, fiction, essays and anecdotes in Indonesian and foreign tongues.
Enjoy our stories!
The Whistle
He would notice me and make silly faces. For some reason, I would always laugh every time he did it. My breath fogged up the glass and my face felt the warmth of my breath.
Floraβs Dream
Namanya Flora. Mimpinya adalah untuk menjadi penyanyi. Ibunya adalah Kelly Merquin, seorang model yang terkenal di kotanya. Ibunya sangat ingin dan mendorong Flora menjadi model, namun Flora selalu menolak.
Lompat
Malam pada akhir Januari itu adalah malam yang panas kucing di gang sebelah tidak mau berhenti mengeong dan kipas angin bututku mendesing dengan keras sedang protes karena terlalu sering dipakai. Dan sama seperti malam-malam sebelumnya, aku ingin pulang.
Sama Rata
"π²πππ ππππππ, ππ πππππ πππππππ."
"ππ, ππππππ. π³πππ?"
I Wonder
Every so often they would walk out of the unclosed door of their booth, which opened directly to their comfortably-, yet palely-lit pantry, the ceiling lights casting a vanilla hue refracted on the marble table top, framing their faces in a soft halo. Time would slip past their awareness, sometimes.
Peach Roses
A still-life of our happiness / a fallacy / which clings to a minute.