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December 2022

Issue 14

FICTION
Falling Through
Chloe Rappaport Crowther
The ocean raged as the ship started to go down.
FICTION
Month-Named Girls
Ori Boozaglo
The four month-named girls run hand in hand, through the withering wildflower field, and laugh deep, dark, booming laughs.
FICTION
Seeing Redd
Sol de Ugarte
“What is your name?” The voice is forceful, and I answer quietly. “Redd.”
POETRY
Testing the Fairytale Method
Skyler Rockmael
It hurts to stand 
Alas I have woken
But my left foot stays asleep
FICTION
Sweater Weather
Claudia Johnson
She had ignored the sweater curse.
POETRY
Recovery
Jasper Lovvorn-Black
What does the dreamer settle for?
What do the silent hide from?

FICTION
Gillian Gives Thanks
Neisa Ahmadzadeh-Heravi
Gillian tapped her fork on her glass three times, then laid it down gently on the white cloth napkin next to her plate.
FICTION
The Guest
Zael Johnson
The omnom root has a strong grip in the moss, but Nihulu pulls it out easily . . .
POETRY
Cats and Dogs
Daisy Paris-Kaufman
All cats are black, as the night that falls soon
all their eyes are yellow, as the stars and the moon
FICTION
Cupid
Divya Sachdeva
“So, how’s Brent doing?” I ask my best friend Mason when he sits down on the leather couch.
FICTION
The Orchestra
Auden Svoboda
It has been plaguing our little town for some time now.
POETRY
The Loggers' Lament
Luka Henrie-Naffaa
Logs
From them outside
Behind these walls
We might abide
FICTION
Death's Life
Julianna Loretto
There is too much of me, of death, in the world.
FICTION
Toss a Coin and Pray
Soline Loeffler
The throne room was bigger than anywhere Fitz had been in his life.
POETRY
Puzzle Pieces
Meghan Malone
Reach into the box
Pulled out from beneath your bed

FICTION
Why I Hate Parties
Ash Dodge
Quinn shook Jackson’s arm. “Loosen up, dude, it’ll be fun! And a certain someone will be there.”
POETRY
Time, Trapped
Eva Fostovsky-Geckeler
The other day I had my last run-in with that pesky exercise ball
FICTION
Landmarks
Sierra Ott
There was a new road sign on College Street. She was certain it hadn’t been there yesterday, but there it was . . .
FICTION
Before We Go
Kali Proud
Amelia had never quite understood the instinct of survival.
FICTION
Snippets of the High School Journey
Maya Dang
“Where?” I said into the phone.
FICTION
Release Day
Naomi Nickolaus
It was Release Day. The day that had been anticipated for a year and a half.

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