Volume 1 - Love

They whisper as I walk in them, few promises in their weaves, pleats sashay along the way as I walk that extra mile to get further...

A man and a woman are spades, Two coins of a currency, And so when they asked me to choose, For I could only love one or...

You once asked what my greatest fear was. I think I fobbed you off. It was one of those truth and dare games we would play...

i. I use to imagine myself a girl kissing boys in games of boyfriend and girlfriend: renaming ourselves away to escape detention, toward the fun of rehearsed adult...

It was the first form. It was everybody’s first time. It was a crazy time. Girls had formed into women in their heads, and...

In another time, in another life, they would call those embers, eyes. Eyes that spoke in bold italics, brimming with kohl kohl that wore silence, bore songs like...

I've been thinking back to the days of old When you carried me in palms and never let a harm unfold Is it a blessing or...

Dear Reader, Welcome to the inaugural issue of Outcast Magazine. Outcast was started with the help of literary enthusiasts who wanted to bring forward LGBTQ+ writers...

Anabel’s eyes widen when she sees me. She leaves the door open and disappears into the house, leaving me to drag my boxes in...

Steps... I have struggled taking steps One foot in front the other, that’s how you make the steps, but where are they taking me? What was...