welcome to half empty magazine’s exhibition, a display of pieces that embody the in-betweens of life and the empty spaces within all of us. we publish these pieces year-round, under no subject or theme but that of what “half empty” means to you.
the exhibition is always open to submissions, no deadline.
Lesson Plan for the History of the World
The history of the world is fed through a Speakeasy Solutions’ chip in the back of my head, read in Mike’s smooth voice. I can’t really imagine it any other way because I’ve been teaching it like this through one of his oxygen masks to rows of students for as long as I can remember.…
Resurfacing
ARDEN HUNTER (they/them) is an aroace agender writer, artist and performer. They enjoy creating art around themes of identity, what makes a human ‘human’, and how we all relate to the world.
A Different Song and Dance Show
She sold herself well, earned the role to sing the praises of each new company that might roll into town – every on- and off-Broadway troupe forced to entertain us on their way to somewhere else: How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Anything Goes, and Funny Girl, all taking our simple stage hundreds of miles from…
Irreverence at the Dump
Finallytired of trying to live up to some unattainable idea of usefulness or perfection I find myself at the dump wreaking of rot & waste covered in filth & flotsam …
The Weight of the World
The king is safest in his own castle, a palatial mountain range of pointed peaks that burst through lush valleys of evergreen. His craggy form, stringed muscles and skin taut against protruding bone knots, tells the life of hard labor he endures. With skin as rough and creased as crumpled iron, his long fingers grip…
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