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Ji-woo takes bites of oigochu and ssamjang, chewing so loudly that I can hear him over the restaurant din of clinking glasses and drunken laughter.

TAKING SPACE BY NATALIE MATHENY 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 123

He pours shots of soju, and says, Here. Cheers to good company. I clink my glass with his and smile, knocking the shot back with little difficulty because it doesn’t taste like anything.

I need you to find something 

for me where the sunken lady is.

AN OCEAN-SWALLOWED WORLD BY JENNA ADAMS 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 123

The flooded city is a forest of mirrored surfaces. Our reflections glance off mountainous silver pillars. These buildings were shelter for tens of thousands and now house only fish and stale air. 

Barbie's bliss.

BARBIE’S BLISS BY MILAGROS VILAPLANA 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 123

What a lovely thing to be sexless & pretty.

I always loved music and listening to the radio.

ALL APOLOGIES BY VICTOR VALDIVIA 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 123

This was turning too much into a grown-up job, one that was more about paperwork and office politics than living for the music.

New life.

A CUSTOMARY PATTERN BY PAUL O JENKINS 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 123

Today I gather/ Damp leaves, pasted together/ For just my purpose of collection.

She was selling cassette tapes from bands I’d never heard of. 

GROCERY OUTLET BY LISA LOOP 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 123

I saw Shakespeare’s sister outside the Gross Out/ She was selling cassette tapes from bands I’d never heard of.

He tells me he had a dream of finding teeth in the soft spot of an apple. 

JULIAN BY CJ CALAMARI 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 123

I don’t know what convinced me to let the boy stay last night. It was only my second time seeing him. 


34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 123 

BARBIE’S BLISS BY MILAGROS VILAPLANA, AN OCEAN-SWALLOWED WORLD BY JENNA ADAMS, JULIAN BY CJ CALAMARI, GROCERY OUTLET BY LISA LOOP, TAKING SPACE BY NATALIE MATHENY, ALL APOLOGIES BY VICTOR VALDIVIA, A CUSTOMARY PATTERN BY PAUL O JENKINS.

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