a calm night out

Sofia Tantono

The sky was black and starless, like a cup of Coke. Or Pepsi. Electrical wires criss-crossing it helped with the effect, too—they were ripples that showed on a sloshed drink’s surface, wrinkles materialising from the stress.

She set her sight on the moon. The gentle but intense white glow, its perfect circular shape: she felt as if she were looking at the white ceiling of some diner through the bottom end of a straw.

A loud slurp deafened her, and she felt herself floating up. Along with the wires and sky, she was sucked up through that white straw hole.

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Sofia Tantono is a writer based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her work has appeared in Yuwana Zine, unstamatic and INCUBATE, among others. Outside of writing, she was the curator for Yuwana Zine's fifth issue and is the fiction editor of Koening Zine. Find her on Instagram @sofias.writing and at sofiatantono.wordpress.com.

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