Nowhereverse Tales, Issue 20

A close-up of a serving of chicken fried rice, featuring fluffy white rice mixed with diced carrots, scrambled eggs, and pieces of chicken, garnished with chopped green onions. The dish is presented in a black bowl, with a slightly blurred background emphasizing the texture and ingredients of the fried rice. It was captured in Kozhikode, Kerala.

Some things are constants. The eternal struggle (or balance) of life and death. The rising and setting of the sun. The insistence of governments on collecting their taxes.

And, as Justine learns today, some cultural touchstones have aggressively ordinary origins.

Content Note: Blue wishes to apologize for the language in their story this issue. In their defense, it’s Mario Kart.

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The ask box is open, and the Discord exists (for now at least).

We heal, we liberate, we hope. Together, we bring light.

—Ronyo