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Volume IV, Issue 2

August 2025

From the Editor

Artwork

Home Sweet Home by Timothy Angel

The Wounded Man by William Douglas

Pet Lover by Billy Dunn

Spirit of the Wild by Neleh Geiger

Prison Postcard by Gerald Hoye

Butterfly Dreamcatcher by Danielle Lasley-Eakins

Hugs ‘n’ Kisses by Katja Mahannah

Shadow Woman by Katja Mahannah

Polar Vortex Set by Stephanie Pabst

Forgiven by Jazmyne Rosado

Mama’s boy by Jazmyne Rosado

Longing for Space by Sky Ryerson

Sky the Warrior Empress by Anthony Santiago

 

Poetry

Swallow by Noor Ahmed

Let It Go by Jacob Belcher

I Believe (song lyrics) by Ricardo Burgos, Jr.

Forever Stuck by Rasheeah Foster

What the River Is by Dinah Henry

Mixed Fruits by Gerald Hoye

WHY! by Gerald Hoye

Why I’m Writing by Scott Jackson

Skin Shells by Sophia Larimore

*Student Writing Awards, second place, poetry category

Your Receipt by Sophia Larimore

Empire for Eight Hours by Logan Lewis

The Things I Think of Instead of Cleaning My Room by Logan Lewis

Deadly View by Katja Mahannah

April by Annwyn Mahoney

A Crack of Thunder by Annwyn Mahoney

Hometown, or Another Just Like It by Annwyn Mahoney 

You say I am a demon by Essie Newton

I'm Sorry, Lover by Natalie Scott

A Modern Woman; Escaping the Yellow Wallpaper by Natalie Scott

A Questionnaire for the One I Love by Natalie Scott

The Sonnet of Disrepair by Daniel Ware

*Student Writing Awards, first place, poetry category

 

Fiction

My Darling Naya by Noor Ahmed

Fraud Bible Bosses by Joshua Nall

When It Happens by Essie Newton

Lilyland by Jazmyne Rosado

 

 Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction

I Feared the Dark When I Was Five by Noor Ahmed

Life of “Confined” Thoughts by Jacob Belcher

The Siren and the Sea by Gracie Brinker

My First Valentine’s with You (I Like Your Shoes) by Sophia Larimore

*Student Writing Awards, first place, creative writing category

The Merits of a Dirty Car and Other Life Inconveniences by Emma Queen

Conversations with my Ten-Year-Old Self by Scott Jackson

When I Sing, I Don’t Stutter by Logan Lewis

               *Student Writing Awards, second place, creative writing category

Pain, Probably by Katja Mahannah

The Box by Chae Santana

Downing in Silence by Chae Santana 


Volume IV/Issue 1

January 2025

 

Letter from the Editor

 

Artwork

Mine. by Cameron Dorsey

Facets by J. Gayle Mericle

Falling Fantasy by J. Gayle Mericle

Knuckleheads 3   by J. Gayle Mericle

Chipper Woman of the Big Easy by Peyton Reyes

 

Poetry

Secrets in the Mountains by Zoey Blair

Between the Pages by Xavier Bugos

Of the Mother’s Ashes by Xavier Bugos

dust by Dinah Henry

The Instrument and the Musician by Rebekah Hewitt

Unwilling Decision by Grace Jackson

Avous/Toska by Maxwell Laughlin

Book Smugglers by Sophia Larimore

How To Not Write a Sonnet by Logan Lewis

New Life Through Destruction by Ember Nerad

Mantra by Jaden Schiele

Blue and Orange by Natalie Scott

On the Park Bench I Think Prettiest Thoughts by Abigail Stanton

tuscon by Abigail Stanton

The Longest Walk by William Utech Jr.

 

Fiction

A Bloody Fallen Tale by Scott Jackson

 



Volume III/Issue 2
August 2024

 

Artwork
Jeanne by Curtis Cook
RIP Matthew Perry by Natalie Scott

Multimedia
Digital Soul by Sky Ryerson

Poetry
Untitled by Eliza Alms
Sing, O' Muse, of the Rage of Achilles by Xavier Bugos
ladybug love by Violet Easley
Childhood Home by Dinah Henry
The Sounds of Education by Scott Jackson
Futile Persistence by Alex Kimberlin
To Do by Matthew Land
Walk a Mile by Matthew Land
My Grandmother's Pink Nightgown by James Lester
Little Godzilla by Logan Lewis
Some Friend You Were by Logan Lewis
Drowned Tapestries by Alanna Magstadt
Crack Another Beer by Troy Mitchell
Заменять by Adarina Norberg
To Be Known by Natalie Scott
Dear Insincerity by Abigail Stanton
A Tidbit of Advice by Abigail Stanton
Stance by John Tuccillo
The ICC Labyrinth by Daniel Ware

Fiction
Babbs, 1998 by Arwen Skye Bullock
The King of Bramblewood by Cameron Miller

 
Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction
Milking Disaster by Silas Rassi 


Volume III/Issue 1 
January 2024

Artwork
Do you know what time it is?? By Elizabeth Bouchez
New Beginnings by Emy Leffler
Memory Map by Maddie Mazzola
My Favorite Hat by Maddie Mazzola
My Wife by Maddie Mazzola
Tentacles by Emma Spainhower
Athena by Crystal Straker
 
Poetry
Snooze Button by Laura Blunier
A Fictional Love Letter to Myself From ... by Katelyn Hicks
Scars by Katelyn Hicks
Rest Still, Hummingbird by Emy Leffler
Calm by Paige Pfister
The Drain by Paige Pfister
Rage of the Feminine by Paige Pfister
Fried Bologna by Jennifer Scott-Dewar
The Woodpecker by Jennifer Scott-Dewar
Only Women Buy Fiction by Daniel Ware
 
Fiction
Bal Masqué by Ana Engelbrecht
A Classic Christmas Carole Ann by Scott Jackson
Who Shot the Deputy? by Scott Jackson
Passing Through the Path of Growth by Jenna Pursell
Just Takin' Care of Business by Logan Lewis
Don't Be Careful What You Wish For (And How to Save Penguins) by Logan Lewis
The Guitar by Jennifer Scott-Dewar
Altitudes by Emma Spainhower
Dial Tone by Emma Spainhower
 
Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction
The Story of Me by Lyndsey Newport


Volume II/Issue 2
August 2023

Artwork
Looking at the Past by Brian Miller

Poetry
Addiction by Skye Bullock
La Partie Toi by Kie Dupoy
Scars by Dinah Henry
Sometimes we are like falling leaves by Dinah Henry
Healing from You by Katelyn Hicks
Opportunity by Baden Jones
Blurry Face by Logan Lewis
The Unused Songbird by Logan Lewis
Imagining Closeness by Rebekah Rademacher
Landfill by Jennifer Scott-Dewar
Journey through the Forest of One Thousand Truths and Two Lies by Ashley Simone
the world & me by Bellamy Wagner

Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction
no thoughts head empty by Rebekah Rademacher


Volume II/Issue 1
January 2023

Artwork
Bee Enjoying Sunflower by Taegan Knetzer
Winter's Creek by Taegan Knetzer
Freddie by Ava Megehe
HIM by Ava Megehe
Hobi SK by Ava Megehe
Looking at the Past by Brian Miller
Brayden #2 by Marissa Overholt
Camouflage by Kayla Wolf
San Diego Sunset by Kayla Wolf

Poetry
The Ceiling Is My Best Friend by Ryan Hallam
Distorted Records by Ryan Hallam
Slamming My Breaks at a Yellow Light by Ryan Hallam
Feathered Creatures by Logan Lewis
Happy Thoughts by Logan Lewis
Struck by Logan Lewis
Maple by Rebekah Rademacher
You by Rebekah Rademacher

Fiction
A Night to Remember by Anne Petersen
An Unexpected Visitor by Anne Petersen
Falling into Reality by Kierra Riggenbach

Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction
The Importance of Holding On by Allison Decker


Volume I/Issue 2
September 2022

Poetry
Coyote by Jacob Gray
Empty Garden Pail by Jacob Gray
Refracted Light by Jacob Gray
The Saturday Late Show by Ryan Hallam
What a Shame by Ryan Hallam
Coffeehouse Special by Sawyer Johnson
Nobody Asked by Sawyer Johnson
Unwelcomed Grief by Elly Jones
Broken Records End by Teagan Osborn
My Fear is Yellow by Rebekah Rademacher
Towering Pines by Rebekah Rademacher
Lucid Dream by Morgan Taylor

Fiction
The Book by Teagan Osborn
A Fae in the Drive Thru by Lecian Yavetil 
I'll Never Forget by Kayla Davison
FireKeeper by Sawyer Johnson 
Established 2001. Discovered 2021. by Makayla Palm 


Volume 1/Issue 1
January 2022

Artwork
Cozy Serenity by Emma Grande
Zen State of Sleep by Emma Grande

Poetry

Butterfly by Nelcy Alfaro
I Am Not Alone by Nelcy Alfaro
Canyon by Jaxon Billingsley
Now Is Our Hour by Samantha Bonk
Your Burning House by Jacob Gray
I Am a Flower by Dinah Henry
The Little Things by Rebekah Rademacher

Fiction

Safe by Jaxon Billingsley
Why Do I Do This? by Ryan Hallam
Teddy by Sawyer J.R.
Cole Hollow Road by Makayla Palm

Personal Essays/Narrative Nonfiction

Lightning Never Strikes Twice by Alex Arbogast
Middle School Dress Code by Sidney Contoni
Emerging from a Dark Hole by Malarie Girdler
My Truth by Carmeta Webster-Sims


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