The CHILLFILTR Review showcases hand-picked short stories, essays, and poems from around the world.

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An Outrageous Proposal

Octogenarian desire, Scarlatti keyboards, and a Rothko in maroon: how can a young man resist?

by Tim Tomlinson


Singing Dirges in the Dark

How Don Mclean's "American Pie" lyrics have resurrected themselves in today's radical times.

by Sean Treppedi


He

A researcher has perhaps no difficulty choosing between her work and her relationship during a world crisis.

by Monica Wang


In Clover

The concept of 'making it' boils down to where you're at.

by Marc Shapiro


The song of defeat

These days are dark days. Show me your fears, and I will show you mine.

by Agbiri-onwu Chinwendu Elsie


We Work!

How do we balance our tech-love with retaining our humanity?

by Devon Balwit


Native Wave

A lilting poem about nature's perfect motion.

by Marian Kilcoyne


Niacin

A college student develops acute hearing from an experimental depression treatment which puts her on a crash course with her school administration, and eventually with technological noise itself. - photo credit: Alex Perz

by Avital Balwit


the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

Today, in the midst of the most significant social upheaval of an entire generation, this message is deeply appropriate. - photo credit: Spenser

by Penelope Olivia Wilder