Fictive MagSep 5, 20215 minIstanbul Was A Musical by Pierre English I was there, before the winds changed, when a man could saunter down a cold, lonely alley under the shadow of a medieval tower and find...
Alex ButlerAug 29, 20211 minAt Sea by Alex ButlerI was reading, and stumbled across this story of a legendary Gloucester fisherman in Massachusetts: In 1883, Howard Blackburn and his...
Fictive MagAug 22, 202118 minHer Inner Child: The Paintings of Ayse Wilson by Sibel TomrukIntroduction The painter was at home, and she sounded up, sunny and quick to reveal her origins from Cambridge, Massachusetts, joking...
Sanaz GhorbaniAug 15, 20214 minNo Dance Is Illegal by Sanaz Ghorbani I started dancing ballet at age 20. I used to be an actress. After, I studied with a teacher named P. and then continued learning with...
Fictive MagAug 8, 20215 minGreek Blues by Nikos IoannisIt is Sunday afternoon in April, another late winter day in Calgary, Alberta, as sporadic snowfall lights on the sprawling residential...
Merve Pehlivan Jul 25, 20213 minWords on Gender by Merve PehlivanSpoken Word Istanbul, in pre-pandemic times, offered a unique opportunity to a rich variety of performers on stage. We encouraged and...
Pullahs Jul 18, 20211 minTraces by Pullahs Energy flow is crucial, now more than ever. My explorations of sound and logos have led to potent ideas and oscillations. I interpret the...
Andrew Bell Jul 12, 20213 minstreams by Andrew Bell stream-of-consciousness writing has been integral to the process and art of literary work as a principle of modernism, and arguably...
William BenkerJul 5, 20211 minSea Peoples by William Benker“Sea Peoples“ was produced six months into lockdown. I was looking ahead to a time when we might all be able to go outside again. The...
Luke FrostickJun 27, 20214 minAn Italian in Istanbul by Luke FrostickFederico Rosa, aka DJ Nio, manages to be energetic and chill at the same time. As we talk about his multimedia project Mamma Li Turki!,...
Deniz GülJun 20, 20212 minmy libido by Deniz Gül *The following is excerpted from Deniz Gül's book, "there is life between us (+transparency). December 2020. notonlypublications....
Alex ButlerJun 13, 20211 minThe Operating Table by Alex ButlerAs a surgical nurse, I am fortunate to witness the beautiful details and wild intricacies that make up the human body on a daily basis....
Fictive MagJun 6, 202113 minLiterary Internationalism: Prof. Sibel Erol on Tezer ÖzlüAnticipating the debut English-language publication of Tezer Özlü's novel, Cold Nights of Childhood, by Serpent's Tail in the UK, Fictive...
Fictive MagMay 30, 202115 minGünnur Özsoy, Sculptress by Toprak J.Introduction A light breeze of piano lifted through the bright studio, as the artist sat at the end of a long, clean metal table....
Fictive MagMay 23, 202129 minOverfishing the Bosphorus by Deniz DenizOne spring, over eight thousand years ago, the first school of bluefish swam up the Bosphorus from the Sea of Marmara, migrating from the...
Augustino LucanoMay 17, 20214 minRoad to Maji by Augustino LucanoIn December 2020, I joined Jervasio Amotun in Kenya and headed to South Sudan to mobilize the community of Maji to come together to...
Ece EldekMay 10, 20215 minA Mythopoetic Cycle by Ece EldekThe two poetic works of Ece Eldek, “Kurulu An” and “ma ma ma” are not so much critiques of institutionalized religion, its literature and...
Fictive MagMay 3, 20212 minIdomeni, 2016: Photo Essay In the spring of 2016, the some 200 locals in the northeastern Greek village of Idomeni were inundated with an influx of over 14,000...
Double Diamond Sun Body Apr 18, 20212 minSoul Application by Double Diamond Sun BodyThis is you 2 hours before you were born. This is you 10 days before you were born.this is you 20 days before you were born.this is you...
Özlem AtikApr 11, 202119 minA Letter to Jean Améry by Özlem AtikJean Améry (1912–1978) was born Hans Meier in Vienna, Austria. He was a philosophy and literature student in Vienna and participated in...