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Where Did We Lose It by Dani Leshgold

Posted on Nov 21, 2015Dec 13, 2015 by Dani Leshgold

where did we lose it i think somewhere along the way we lost the smiles and the kind words that radiated off our tongues i think we lost the ideas we planted in each other’s heads because now my head is only full of empty song lyrics and broken phrases i think we broke somewhere […]

Untitled by Dani Steinberg

Posted on Nov 21, 2015Dec 13, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

When you need me You can’t find me When you find me You don’t need me What am I? Dani Steinberg is a 13-year-old from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She spends her free time reading, drawing, singing, and playing table tennis. She hopes to work as an artist or in the film […]

The Thing About Masks by Ashley Zhang

Posted on Nov 19, 2015Dec 6, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

The thing about masks — ………………..(Rachel realizes as she blindly searches for privacy before her own crumbles to dust in front of a live audience) ………………………………………— is that revelation is inevitable, and the more perfect the mask, the more excruciating it is when it falls away. She supposes she should’ve seen this coming; the cracks […]

When Two Artists Fall in Love by Lindsey Hobart

Posted on Nov 11, 2015Dec 3, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

i. We go out to dinner and we don’t look at each other. We spend the whole night scratching through napkins, staining our hands dirty with ink. I write your eyes into the stars and you write my name into a front-page headline: BOY FALLS IN LOVE WITH A PAINTING. IT DOES NOT END PRETTY. […]

November Writing Challenge

Posted on Nov 1, 2015Nov 29, 2015 by Briana Bailey

Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end November 30th. However, you are welcome to come back anytime to complete the challenge and share it below in the comments section. We will pick a few of our favorites that are submitted during this month, though, and they will be featured in […]

September Writing Challenge

Posted on Sep 1, 2015Sep 30, 2015 by Briana Bailey

Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end September 30th. However, you are welcome to come back anytime to complete the challenge and share it below in the comments section. We will pick a few of our favorites that are submitted during this month, though, and they will be featured in […]

Drama Queen by Kirsten Uhde

Posted on May 2, 2014Dec 3, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

It wasn’t so long ago that a close friend of mine rolled up my sleeve to count the freckles on my arm, but gave up shortly after. “I can’t tell which ones are freckles and which ones are scars,” she told me. I have keratosis pilaris. It is a common skin condition often known as […]