Art Submissions – June 2017
June’s collection of student artwork. Featuring submissions from Mel Egan, Analise Castillo, Charlene Ng, and Ellan Suder. Continue reading Art Submissions – June 2017
Month: June 2017
Fairy Queen – Anonymous
The bell rings harshly as I slide my back down the wall until I’m sitting stiffly on the floor of the grimy school hallway. I only got three hours of sleep last night, and my head feels like someone is trying to drive an ice pick through it. My peripheral vision is fuzzy in that … Continue reading Fairy Queen – Anonymous
The Importance of Plum Dresses – Isabella Auerbach
The Importance of Plum Dresses Lennon said she would fill the vase herself. For her husband, Joseph, was preoccupied, sitting (as he always did with one leg crossed over the other) in his office chair, staring with a blank expression outside the window at nothing at all in particular. What a fool, thought Lennon, I … Continue reading The Importance of Plum Dresses – Isabella Auerbach
In Your Eyes – Anonymous
In Your Eyes Blue Ocean waves rolling, crashing, A sky full of hope and wonder. A marker gliding across the surface of a whiteboard. A hydrangea thriving in acidic soil that has Turned it to a symbol of summer, sun, and happiness. Blue. Eyes that pierce the soul, Taking your breath away … Continue reading In Your Eyes – Anonymous
Lethal Innocence – Gethin Binns
He was having one of those shit days. The general physical exertion had made him damp and slightly warm, and, as moisture collected in that most sacred of spaces between his thighs, he began to feel as though he was perpetually crapping himself. And, as the town clock made clear in its repeated insistences, he … Continue reading Lethal Innocence – Gethin Binns
London Sniper – Jonathan Lee
June twenty-third. Alan Turing’s birthday. The day of the Global Conference of Artificial Intelligence Researchers. On June twenty-third, Sakura always sends me a message. Saku’s perhaps the most technologically-oriented person I know, but for some reason she never sends a normal vmail or a holovid. Consistently, seven years and counting, she sends me an actual … Continue reading London Sniper – Jonathan Lee
Kiran Maypole – Ghazal for Night
Long faded is the delicate orange-and-pink-lined light, Restored is the inky black shade of refined light. Endless ebony ceiling stretching above Marred by stars, pinpricks of confined light. Below is dormant, thoroughfares empty, windows dark, Awaiting the hues of the sun’s return, to find light. Arrival of midnight signals the shift from … Continue reading Kiran Maypole – Ghazal for Night
Anonymous – October
I remember the car ride to the funeral. My mom cried in the car and held my hand as we walked to the church. My mom never held my hand. After the service, my mom cried in the car while children outside laughed as they danced under the autumnal sky. My mom never held … Continue reading Anonymous – October
Guidelines For Interacting With Twins – Samantha Smith
Twins are a contradiction. Everyone is supposed to be unique, yet there are two people who look exactly the same. There are not enough twins in the world for there to be a social convention on how to talk to them. There are too many twins in the world for people not to understand how … Continue reading Guidelines For Interacting With Twins – Samantha Smith
Reflections 