Gray skies stretch wide above us, soft and heavy, the kind that foretells rain but never letsit fall. The air is thick with the scent of damp earth–distant rains–and the sound of creakingleather with each shift of movement. My horse’s …
Until I am alive again by JD Ford
My mind wanders to the square glassand bounces off like a fly trying to escape the grey colorless landscape,rebuffed by a transparent barrier.Its efforts increasingly frantic as it fails to escape to the outside monochrome.A buzz of lights and wings.So …
Good To Go by Caroline Lyddane
The rain drummed against the rusted metal roof of the shaggy bus station. Water streameddown in thin rivulets, pooling in the cracked concrete beneath the pale, flickering lights. The aircarried the scent of damp mold and gasoline, clouding the senses. …
Politics and Knowledge by Lilly Ichiki
Politics is an integral topic relevant to most Americans’ everyday lives, whether it be local, state,or national. The country was founded on political nature and how it plays in tune with the peopleliving in America. Additionally, Americans often have a …
On Love by Jaiden Grunkemeyer
The sun shines, as the moon fadesOne of us pines, as the other waitsThey all say that I should leaveGo in and out I should weaveBetween traffic, in between guysDo they speak truth, or spit lies?They say the world is …
Hope Revoked: Incarceration in America by Renna Lage
Most 18-year-olds in America are entering their senior year of high school— applying to colleges, working paying jobs, and planning for their future. With stars in their eyes and hearts full of hope, these young people do not know where …
An Ancient Galaxy by Drake Genzel
Astronomers have traced the origin of a fast radio burst (FRB) to the edge of an ancient galaxy — suggesting that these mysterious, millisecond-long flashes of energy are even weirder than previously thought.FRBs were discovered nearly two decades ago, and …
How Come? By Nicole Payne
Five months since you charmed her with a smile and foolish joke.Three since you danced, your gaze fixed on her,the young woman unable to meet your eyes, trying not to submit to shaky knees.Only two since she became a ghost …
The Absolute Brutality of Love by Grayson Tate
A farmer found the body. He was traveling down a little used dirt road, checking the perimeter of his cornfields, preparing for the fall harvest. The body was face down in the dirt. Stab marks littered its back. Runnels of …