Project Magical Girl Survival Show
Words By Phoua Lee, Art By Shuhan Yang
When I was eight, Kira harnessed the sun and whipped a malevolent mountain spirit back into the bowels of the earth. Immediately, she won the hearts of viewers across the nation. I was enamored with her—the it-girl of magical girls. There were hundreds of magical girls at that time but no one could match her energy or performance. “Time to spellbind…
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Phoua Lee
Phoua Lee is a Hmong-American writer and MFA Creative Writing student at California State University, Fresno. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, and Best Small Fictions, and published in Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Fractured Lit, A Velvet Giant, and Poets.org, among others.
Shuhan Yang
Born and raised in Hunan, China, Shuhan has always been obsessed with the creative world of comics, literature, and video games. She didn’t have much growing up, but making art was everything, which led to her pursuing a career in the creative design field. She lives in Savannah, GA, with her partner and takes care of two lovely cats they adopted.
