Interview
A mysterious box containing an exceptional family story across eight generations by Viktória Stift

A box found among the ashes of a house fire launches Linda Ambrus Broenniman on a quest to discover the truth behind her family’s biggest secret.

Interview
“So it’s also a matter of my survival.” – An interview with Flóra Borsi by Balázs Keresztes

A conversation with the “Princess of Photoshop”, Flóra Borsi about photography, surrealism and unconventional artistic processes – and how art can be about personal survival.

Fiction
Unity by Barbi Marković

An oppressive journey into the virtual world of “Eagle Hills”, where the appearance no longer has anything to do with the actual person behind it. Here everyone is united. Is this a game or the reality of tomorrow? And who is in control?

Issue 07

Beast

Humankind’s self-awareness comes at a price. We attempt to bolster convictions of our species’ greatness and uniqueness with shaky arguments: the only species to be aware of its own mortality, the only species to create culture, the only species – as in Orwell’s beast fable – to purely consume: "Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.” We needn’t deny that our birth right is at most to be king for a day, and the privilege brings loneliness, anxiety, and fear.

Fiction
Hedonistic Meditation on Youth by Árpád Kun

A man who fled his youth, and fled authoritarian Hungary reflects on the path, the women, and the romance that led him to maturity.


Poetry
Christiana Democracy by Balázs Szálinger

Weary and worn, Christiana Democracy considers her name, its history, and questions whether in this world a person can still believe.

Fiction
Growing Up by Ivana Gibová

Magda’s life is defined by alcohol, cigarettes, and relationships with older men as a paid companion, but can she still give her young life meaning?

Poetry
Prelude from Euripides by Petr Borkovec

In his poem, Petr Borkovec quietly, concisely, and with exacting observation sharpens out a dramatic micro-story.