Editorial

Welcome to the twelfth issue of Baffling Magazine, on the theme of “Fashion.”

We have seven stories to share with you:

• “Darn” by Mary Sanche encases you expertly in its sharp, ethereal lyricism.  

• “I Want To Wear You Like a Glove” by Anneke Schwob is a story of aching loneliness and even more aching satiation,  stitched together in masterful patchwork. 

• “Evergreen” by Megan Baffoe presents the ingredients of a relationship from meetcute to ever after. Love is a vision in green and I was hooked.  

• “Call Me, Said Kali In Her Black Modified YSLs” by Akira Leong is a quick sketch of falling in love, by the end of which I too was a little fucked and very much head over heels. 

• “Aristophanes Airs His Dirty Laundry” by Bastian Hart gives the reader a snapshot of long-held longings so gently exposed in a laundromat’s fluorescent lighting. 

• Crafting a potent narrative about the power of transformation, Tianran Li-Harkness beckons us along with the magic of shapeshifting and leads us to the precipice of vengeful satisfaction in “Of Available Materials.”

• “Grown Gown” by Derek Des Anges is a melancholic, meandering exploration of self-discovery, ushered along by a dress that is clear, at least, in what it’s getting out of the deal. 

We hope you enjoy!

Athar Fikry, D. A. Vorobyov, & Aun-Juli Riddle
Associate Editors, Baffling Magazine