my head has been spinning for quite some time now; worst-case scenarios bombard it like a raging sea. stress flows like a steady stream; overthinking has become an everyday routine. …
Creative
Education In A Phonograph
This is education. The monotonous voice of the instructor, reciting the unfailing and lifeless material which it has repeated in the same fashion over the tedious years. It is a …
Spring 2019
I want to fill every space with something. This amount of nothing is more than I can bear, and these cracks and crevices make me itchy. I’ve tried to fill …
Bal des Ardents
By Hannah Van Essen Vibrancy was the word of the night: vibrant colors, vibrant music, vibrant women. The Hotel Saint-Pol was a place where reality became smudged, blurring the line …
Unfinished Owl
By Gasia Karakesis I love art. However, I was so careless I could not even finish a dumb owl. Art has been a passion of mine for my entire life. …
All It Took Was a Milkshake
By Daniela Lanning “I’ll have a birthday cake milkshake, please!” The young waitress behind the counter nodded as she rang up the total. Olivia couldn’t stop smiling. She felt energetic …
Uncharmable?
By Daelynn Lopez “Oh, come on!” I said, slightly frustrated. My loud voice echoed faintly off the black walls that were placed somewhere far off in the distance. I looked …
A Magician
By Gwen Ma When you think of a magician what comes to your mind? An enigmatic old man with a grizzled beard, who can turn a watermelon into a tiny …
“Glacia’s Shattered Heart”: A Novella in Installments
By Paige Heaney Where the snow-capped pines plunge into fogged skies and the rivers flow like static ribbons of glass… Nestled in the dense woodlands of Northern Europe stands a …
Confessions From a Self-Declared Myers-Briggs Enthusiast
By Anna Moeller If you know me, you know that I love personality tests. And when I say personality tests, I don’t mean those Buzzfeed quizzes we play at 1 …