After much anticipation, ISTORIA's latest issue "Gravity" is finally published!

Image 1: the stand

The issue heavily discusses a concept we're all familiar with. Our greatest enemy and our dearest friend: time. It flies by fast, like leaves on a stream. You blink and it’s gone, leaving you behind. But under certain conditions, even time can slow to a crawl. Even gods can be slain with enough force. That force is the sheer weight of gravity.

There’s a weight in everything we do - especially in high school, when the weights begin to break our backs. We are asked to withstand the same pressure that collapses stars. And time. Time seems to pass so slowly.

Yet at the same time, it’s the time when our actions begin to carry its own gravity as well. We begin make new friends. Work on our passions. Find new worlds from the dust of stellar dust.

Istoria's latest, biggest issue yet exemplify the importance of the people around us. Not only does this issue featuring a record total of eleven short stories from eleven hardworking writers, it also contains three novel excerpts from three upcoming novelists. It all sounds big and grand, but each story here is the result of a painstaking fusion of passion and creativity. In the densest of neutron stars, our wonderful ISTORIA authors found their way to forge their emotions. And, with the complete success of this issue, maybe it'll help forge yours too.

Life isn’t easy. It either moves too fast or moves too slow. But believe me – we all have what it takes to stand still in its rushing path. Take a deep breath. Have faith in yourself.

And for this little moment, this little circle of creativity, time slows down. 

Image 2: Award-winning author Edgar Mahafley (left) and ISTORIA founder Guoshwan Nian (right)