University of San Francisco's Student-Run Literary Magazine
by J.M.C. Kane There is a runway in the swamp. There are tents behind the runway. There are cages inside the tents. On the frame of one cage, someone has scratched the words: Soy humano. There is a box in the yard. Ask the men what happens in the box. They will tell you it… Continue reading SOY
by Jacob Strunk Content warning: depictions of substance abuse, violence, and suicide I flicker to life. In the gloom, I watch her trembling hand pull slowly away. Breathing, I reach out, find purchase, take hold. She retreats a step at a time. I find my footing. I begin to rise. I hunger. She’s let me… Continue reading Last Call at Lake Country Lodge
by Jennifer Fischer Content warning: references to mass gun violence and the accidental death of a child. Kate made her way to Tommy’s bathroom instead of her own. She sat on the toilet and stared at the white shower curtain with a large T-Rex vomiting out a rainbow on it. Her heart raced, but she… Continue reading Tommy’s Dragon
by Sarah Inouye Content warnings for extended exploration of grief, death, and loss of autonomy. Briefly, disordered weight and body thoughts. What I knew of love, in my final year, coalesced in my green truck. It had been abandoned after the flood that one summer. It was a Californian miracle, both truck and overflow. No… Continue reading The Transfer
Ignatian Literary Magazine 