January 2025
Issue 22
FICTION
Maya Dang
Ding-dong. Ding-dong. The Rosé Bakery and kitchen bustled with loud customers chatting about their daily lives and the world, with cashiers and staff... |
FICTION
Piave O'Regan
Long ago, in a world where the seasons walked the earth as animal spirits, there lived a young fox. Like all fox kits, he was born in the spring... |
POETRY
Solana Schwarzinger-Reuter
The lights dim The curtains rise The music starts And the show begins The people on stage converse and giggle The audience laughs The mood changes |
FICTION
Ori Boozaglo
Back to the present . . . All of that is to say, three years ago, we took down that general like it was nothing. Reminiscing about that night... |
FICTION
Max Mardesich
The beginning of the end of everything was not a fiery cataclysm, nor was it the rippling effect of a scientist's blunder. The beginning of the end... |
FICTION
Adrian Lei
“Our drinks will be ready in a couple of minutes,” notified Linh as he pulled out his markers from the canvas bag and asked Aster, “Could I draw on your arm?” |
POETRY
Zael Johnson
Where have we been Sunset flower petals fall Gorgeous metallic tears splashing Onto a grassy hill Words drip from my mouth As embers drip from coals |
FICTION
Rory Danielson
Thunk. Like a strike of lightning the slam of the car door startles me back to reality. “That was a pretty drive, huh?” Sage stands out over the reservoir in awe... |
October 2024
Issue 21
FICTION
Rory Danielson
As if moved by a pirouetting ballerina, the breeze sent ripples over the mottled plain. Clouds dragged behind their tails lazily, their hazy shadows... |
POETRY
Lei Lani Daniel
We have a pep in our step as we walk from the stadium. Instruments shouting, with victory in our steps. Those who are too tired to keep playing... |
FICTION
Sophie Mirza
I sat in the dark on my front porch as I stared into the distance. I was about to take a walk. Everything was blurry. I couldn’t make out the end... |
FICTION
Max Mardesich
A girl and her grandfather sit on splintered rocking chairs, watching the asymmetry of the beach from afar. The house they sit on the porch of was once... |
POETRY
Maya Dang
In the realm of sports, swimming often plays second fiddle, overshadowed by soccer’s power and basketball’s dribble, yet, as its story runs... |
FICTION
Ori Boozaglo
The orange sun barely peeks out over the rolling hills of sand and I am already on alert. No one is safe now. Not since the assassination of our King... |
POETRY
Solana Schwarzinger-Reuter
I wonder what it's like Not being bound by the restraints of gravity Being so far off the ground, the people look small And their problems become invisible |
FICTION
Adrian Lei
The bell had already rung by the time Aster could finish his preliminary test that was intended to gauge his prowess as an animator. |
2024-25 Academic Year
Editor-in-Chief:
Zael Johnson
Copy Chief:
Shiva Swaminathan Strickland
Director, Emerging Writers Program:
Max Mardesich
Managing Editor:
Ori Boozaglo
Publicity Coordinator:
Chloe Rappaport-Crowther
Copy Editor:
Rory Danielson
Editors:
Ori Boozaglo
Maya Dang
Adrian Lei
Max Mardesich
Solana Schwarzinger-Reuter
Writers:
Ori Boozaglo
Maya Dang
Lei Lani Daniel
Rory Danielson
Zael Johnson
Adrian Lei
Max Mardesich
Sophie Mirza
Piave O'Regan
Solana Schwarzinger-Reuter
Faculty Sponsor:
Allyson Bogie
Editor-in-Chief:
Zael Johnson
Copy Chief:
Shiva Swaminathan Strickland
Director, Emerging Writers Program:
Max Mardesich
Managing Editor:
Ori Boozaglo
Publicity Coordinator:
Chloe Rappaport-Crowther
Copy Editor:
Rory Danielson
Editors:
Ori Boozaglo
Maya Dang
Adrian Lei
Max Mardesich
Solana Schwarzinger-Reuter
Writers:
Ori Boozaglo
Maya Dang
Lei Lani Daniel
Rory Danielson
Zael Johnson
Adrian Lei
Max Mardesich
Sophie Mirza
Piave O'Regan
Solana Schwarzinger-Reuter
Faculty Sponsor:
Allyson Bogie