INTIMA SPRING-SUMMER 2025 | FICTION

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In the park, the cherry blossoms bloom and a chat with a stranger becomes a widower’s lament.

This is just to say: It’s the simple things we cling to when our lives are upended.

In the throes of withdrawal, an addict recounts the chilling episode with eyes wide open.

Slow and steady wins the race—or so Aesop’s fable recounts. But who wins when a runner refuses to slow down?

There is no escape for an asthma sufferer after a devastating fire breaks out.

When a baby wants to join the world, delivery becomes a lesson for a fledgling doctor, who listens and learns from an experienced nurse..

Family dynamics are never easy, especially for those not knowing what to say.

In a hospital in Guatemala, a doctor witnesses an AMA pregnancy and rediscovers the power of El Cantar Las Cantares, the Song of Songs.