Compiler’s note: Compiled Evidence Regarding Tessie Forster’s First Death makes explicit mention of guns, police, weight/diet, misogyny, and mental illness. As the author, I can’t in good conscience recommend that you engage with this article if these are difficult points for you. Compiled Evidence Regarding Tessie Forster’s First Death Compiled […]
Kit Mora
By Hero Winsor Content Warning: mention of abuse, child abuse, transphobia, police Kit Mora (they/them) is a nonbinary, indigenous 17 year old missing out of Omak, Washington. I interviewed Kit’s adoptive older sister Charlotte Groo, who has been leading the search for her sibling, about the details surrounding Kit’s disappearance. […]
Enemies to Lovers: What’s the merit?
A vouch for love by Grace Selvig Enemies to lovers as a literary trope/device is pretty self-explanatory. Two people who quarrel in some way develop a relationship over the course of the story. Some people see this genre and roll their eyes. They think that it is cringe or […]
The Reality of Dreaming: Worker Solidarity under Late Stage Capitalism
Co-written by Fern Roush and Melisa Ferati “If we wanted to dream, we would have to rest,” I say, turning the corner of my voice over my shoulder. My dog pulls a little on her leash, leading me forward, while one of my friends is a few feet behind me, […]
Feeding the Diaspora: Seasonal Salads
With the weather tentatively turning for the better, I crave foods that are light and crisp. Something refreshing to cleanse the palate after months of heavy winter-made meals. This hesitant spring has me thinking about cucumbers, a vegetable that was a staple item in my mother’s garden. When I think […]
CANOE – A Flowing Fiction by Mj Richards
none of this is real
Chibi Chibi Con Blurb
From my perspective at the tiny corner occupied by the CPJ table, this year’s Chibi Chibi Con, taking place on the Evergreen campus for over 20 years now, was as vibrant as ever. The sheer quantity of people in the campus’ fairly large auditorium was something that filled myself and […]
The Spring Egg Hunt is Decadent and Depraved
By Fiore Amore SATURDAY, APRIL 16 — The Evergreen State College attempted to inaugurate a new tradition, the Spring Egg Hunt. The Easter holiday, a divine ray through the oppressive atmosphere of Wet City, appealed to me deeply. I and many others were duped into this horrific exercise. The force […]
SLIGHTY WEST
SLIGHTLY WEST LIVES! Missing and presumed dead for the last 10 years, Slightly West is a student-run literary publication, featuring students’ creative literary and visual works easily printed in black and white. We want your poems, stories, pulp, flash fiction, satire, secret magic spells, original chain mail, homemade recipes, manifestos, […]
Love—not Cops!—In the Library
Content Warning: this piece makes explicit description of the forced detox and murder of my friend, Rob Talbot, by police in March 2018, and contains descriptions of the somatic reactions I have when trying to work as a Peer Writing Tutor with police around. Please take care of yourself if […]