Driving into the mountains is always remembering what I’d forgotten, the air filling in something that had been deflated, seeing them looming, heavy on all …
Gambled by Daniela Sordillo
I gambled, and I’m still trying to decide Whether I won, or Lost. I lost a decaying cadaver. Let the flies and maggots Thrive on …
Sixteen by Erin Traylor
The morning after, ………….when you hug your mother having found her ………….in the kitchen wiping plates, that’s when she’ll say ………….she knew, but she doesn’t …
Youth Circus by Jessica Chanchalashvili
I lived that life on the other end of your father’s cigarette it was too many years and too many steps along the lines of …
Artwork by Ashley Myers
I am currently in my high school’s Art Academy program, a selective class in replacement of taking a language. Here are some of my …
The Last Year My Mom Was Married to the Owner of the Daycare by Amanda Karwel
The wave pool at the waterpark was crowded: one moment I was under the water, and then I wasn’t. I told Miss Cheryl, with all …
Reasons Why Loving You Was More Entertaining Than Watching Prime Time Television by Talicha J.
You once walked around for two weeks with a broken hand calling it a sprain, before I could convince you to go to the campus …
Just a Note to My Teenage Angst and Her Unused Black Lipstick by Kayla Wheeler
When you chose Manic Panic Raven, a shade so dark you couldn’t find it at the bottom of your purse after you stole it from …
What I Never Wrote by Lori Werner
Every week I step on the tired scale wondering why I want to lose parts of myself. I open the refrigerator door just to look: …