Emma Li

  • In Love With The Other Side

    In Love With The Other Side

    I wake up to a system reboot. The light glows in front of me, but I don’t see the usual silhouette through the webcam. There seems to be something…

  • An Uncomfortable Feeling

    An Uncomfortable Feeling

    My lips hurt, like a lot. Not exactly my lip, but the cardinal structure of my face—it feels sore and strained—like tender beef that’s about to fall off the…

  • Sleepiest Cat Alive

    Sleepiest Cat Alive

    Being a proud anti-locker student, I am forever juggling all my textbooks, exercise books, and lunch in my bag – forever, and ever. My mother tells me it causes…

  • Band Rehersal

    Band Rehersal

    Disclaimer: This piece is entirely a joke.   27/09 Hey, it’s been a while.  (Is Ivory high again?) Not much has happened really. A good chunk of my older…

  • Library Shenanigans

    Library Shenanigans

    28/06 “Ebony, you really need to start preparing for your mock exams. What if you unexpectedly get cyanide poisoning two days before your exam and can’t sit it??!” Why…

  • The Necromancer-Witch

    The Necromancer-Witch

    The air blazes white-hot with searing energy, a spell crafted from the petals of corpse lily rafflesia, eyes of newt, drops of liquid sky, laments from lonely nights, and…

  • Wolves

    Wolves

    Wolves, Wolves,   Fierce fangs with teeth,  Fierce fangs with teeth,   Fierce fangs with teeth to rip you apart, Rip you apart to shreds,   Shreds of three…

  • Formidable Weakness

    Formidable Weakness

    CW: Violence, Mass Accident, Panic Attack & Death   I   My name is Naomi Sakana.   I have been spiralling since my success.   Since the downfall of…

  • Medicated Joy

    Medicated Joy

    I struggle for the reins of my life. Every single day. The reins are always either  held by the medications, the doctors, or the machines that hold my organs…