Do not enter
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2010, I reflected on what it would…
Ignorance, allied with power
by the daily asteriskDoes the law exist for the purpose of furthering the ambitions of those who have sworn to uphold the law, or is it seriously…
Leaving Barcelona
by John YoheThe rain drove everyone inside just me on deck at midnight watching glowing clouds obscure the city ringed by mountains …………………………………………………….sea and lightning moccasins…
Suicidal loyalty
by the daily asteriskIt is this freedom from the content of their own ideologies which characterizes the highest rank of the totalitarian hierarchy. These men consider everything…
Journey of Changes (To the Enchanted Isles)
by Lorraine CaputoI. Clearer the land below …………crushed-velvet emerald …………………..& gold forest brocade Then veiled …………then shrouded in clouds clouds below blinding early Light clouds above…
Alabama and Siberia
by Alexa ShearerA version of this piece was previously published on TCK TOWN in 2017. Some people say home is where you come from. I disagree. I…
Which social forces
by the daily asteriskThey say a nation gets the politicians it deserves. In some senses this is true: politicians are indeed a mirror of their society, and…
The Edge
by Katie HoogendamGrafton, Ontario (2017) In this piece, my son Caspian stares out across the crest of a small hill to the road and fields north…
See our neighbors
by the daily asteriskIf we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes,…
Tumbling into openness
by Daniel SillimanEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2010, Daniel Silliman reflects on maps, borders,…