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8 min
Alec Pronovost
Pro Pool
Newly graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and civilization, Charles-Olivier…
11 min
Will Ropp
Kodar: the Primordial God of Light and Ether
A doctor dress up for Halloween.
15 min
Chloe Xtina
Ghost of You
At the apex of a heatwave and California’s fire season, 16-year-old Mae and her sisters…
12 min
David Robinson-Smith
Mud Crab
Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of…
14 min
Daisy Friedman
As You Are
When an interabled queer couple spends the night together for the first time, they must…
18 min
Brandon Kapelow
An Act of Service
After experiencing a series of traumatic events at work, a firefighter in rural America…
8 min
Elizabeth Hobbs
The Debutante
A spirited young woman persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner…
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Ruby Challenger
MumLife
Sarah, a first-time mother, is struggling to connect with her newborn baby and is pushed…
15 min
Mariel Sosa
Holadirio
Influenced by the Magical Realism Movement and set in an Austrian-colony, the lives of…
13 min
Neda Jebelli
The Dinner Party
In Tehran, an uptight mother’s perfect party is threatened when the centerpiece cake gets…
15 min
Hervé Demers
Once the Dust Has Settled
A Canadian town called Asbestos was once home to the largest mine of its kind in the…
4 min
Jonatan Schwenk
Zoon
In the dark swamps of a nocturnal forest, a group of gleaming axolotls is in heat,…
24 min
Musa Alderson-Clarke
Killing Boris Johnson
Kaz's Mum has recently committed suicide. Lacking sleep and paranoid he decides that…
8 min
Roxy Rezvany
Honesty
A young woman goes to the police to report her husband for domestic abuse, but rather…
8 min
Philippe Berthelet
SKATE!
Following multiple scandals surrounding Canada’s hockey infrastructure and its dishonest…
11 min
Matt Porter
See Saw
Glenn wakes up to discover that his personal data has been leaked and is spreading…
7 min
Sean Buckelew
I Am A Robot
A roomba with a foot fetish, a self-driving car that hits people on purpose, and a…
