Issue 3 - Quist

Editor’s Note

by

Jen DeLeskie

Welcome to the third issue of Quist! As 2025 careens toward its end, we here at Quist have been hard… More
I Am From

by

Coralie

Hybrid, Poetry

I am from a 3rd floor house, comfy and sunny. I am from the parks, weeping willows from the wall… More
Swinging

by

Asbestous

Poetry

One day I started swinging. / Swinging so high I reached the skies, / Swinging so hard I could not… More
Names in a Bear

by

Benjamin Kohn

Non-Fiction

KAITLIN ANAKA FRANKLIN PARK JAYDEEG IBBIS KHAIEEP LARRY UBLURIAK. ANTONIA SPOT BARBARA SAUNDERS QUSONING LENA SPENCE ARNOLD HENDERSON RICK GOUZECKY… More
Foreboding, an Undeniable Trepidation

by

Mileah Wawatie

Poetry

The heavy beat in my chest, blood rushing rapidly to my brain / Fondly, my knees keep my torso from… More
Art by Christina Simeonidis

by

Christina Simeonidis

Art

Seven works by artist Christina Simeonidis. More
The Contortionist

by

Abigail Wilson

Non-Fiction

They said, “Just be yourself” but there are some girls who can’t. There are some girls who are so terrified… More
All the Good Is in the Past

by

Katherine Li

Poetry

I can’t sleep / I can only think of how badly / I want to be well rested / the… More
Hollow

by

Xiaoyi Yuan

Poetry

there is something / wrong with me— / a hollow / where my True heart / is supposed to be… More
The Intergalactical Toe Collectors #932

by

Willow

Hybrid

Once Again, De-feet-ed! More
The Beast

by

Luck R. P. Hart

Fiction

The Village: A chill wind cast across the valley, bitter and cruel. With the rotting of leaves and the threat… More
Peace and Growth

by

Rose

Poetry

I lost my language, / Due to patrol with control. / It left me feeling alone, / And out of… More
It’s Just Screams

by

Øri

Poetry

Nothing is as it seems / The eyes of a shifting mound / Luring you to stay / I follow… More
Tripping into Sedona

by

Aiden Vaillant

Fiction, Hybrid

Every day at five-fifteen in the afternoon, The Boathouse will ring the belfry. When the bell is rung, it means… More
Knife

by

RR

Poetry

A knife held over me. A reminder of who I am. There’s wind, there’s tears. Reach up and you’ll feel… More
The Unexpected

by

Mintstar

Art

Four works by artist Mintstar. More
Confessions—May to September

by

Maya Mohammad

Non-Fiction

Outside, it was quiet. The rain enveloped the scenery, making it seem closer, softer. Inside, the lights were dim, and… More
Plane Air Film

by

Michelle Masood

Poetry

Like one of those videos, everything was grey & / hard to digest. The highways quick to bleed into sky;… More
Three Poems

by

GG

Poetry

Planetary paths are order / The preservation is in the eternal snow / The jewels forming the IPC / Erudition… More
Our Journey in Canada

by

Daria Kulagina

Hybrid

I received a craft kit for my birthday, with a blank board game box and instructions to “make it your… More
Interview with Rich Larson

by

Adrien Thibault

Non-Fiction

Last August, Quist Issue 2 contributor Adrien Thibault met with celebrated speculative fiction writer Rich Larson at Square Saint-Louis. They… More