Alexis Howells analyzes how “Saltburn” is a modern retelling of the Shakesperian tragedy, “Richard III.”

Robert Campanaro analyzes the folklore surrounding the curse of the malocchio, an Italian myth.

Gaia Saravan describes a cultural ceremony and personal qualms with the ethics versus cultural value of it in this personal short story.

- Art by Lucy Y. Wang

Ariel Favis reflects on various Filipino myths from childhood and examines how they connect to ancestry, colonization, and spirituality.

Varia Sinichkina examines a new Russian TV series through the lens of personal experience with the “Kazan Phenomenon."

Lucy Nicodemus crafts a dreamy landscape in this fiction piece that plays with the concept of objects as sentient entities.

Amy Osella wonders how future generations will interpret modern memes, and if the method of communication will last.

Anna Avent’s short story tells of a mother’s life through the lens of her daughter, flipping through photo albums.