Anger  Nerves feel like they’re on fire  Body has touched a fuming wire  Sometimes it feels so intense  Your eyes glare across the room with suspense  Hands ball up into fists  Face begins to twist  Fury  It slowly builds up inside of you  Both a mixture of frustration and feeling blue  The feeling of punching a hole through the wall  The inkling within begins to … Continue reading Payton Anderson – A Collection of Poems

Corbin had reached his limit.  Not only had he disappointed Voltaire, but he had ruined the one chance he had gotten to be something different than what everyone in the Highlands perceived of him. A spoiled, lazy brat of a boy, who didn’t belong there. Who didn’t know what he was doing and would ultimately die alone.  The mission had gone so poorly that Morain, … Continue reading Lauren Main – High to Low

I woke up on the floor again. There was a banging outside my cramped apartment. As I struggle to get up only using the light leaking from my closed blinds, the banging stops. I hear footsteps fading away from the outside of my apartment door as my body begins to barely function. There is a heavy cloud of leftover pizza smell dwelling in the apartment. … Continue reading Jihan Nichols – No Life

SF in the winding street i watch people forget what they hated before and made them upset because who can ignore the trees that grow out of cracks in the warm cement  see apartments in stacks warm steam blasts from a vent the coffee shops you know you cant resist go see that musical show youre not really a pessimist the smell after the rain … Continue reading Lia Kilcup – A Collection of Poems

He had been waiting for this moment for years. Countless hours of training and preparation have led up to this, and he thought he was ready. But nothing could have prepared him for standing at the base camp of Annapurna and looking up at the world’s deadliest peak. He was suddenly very aware of how small and fragile he was. It was 2 am and … Continue reading Mia Maks – Above it All

She didn’t know where he came from. A dark, midnight blue figure with a comically large head along with two comically large eyes was beside her bed. She almost jumped out of her skin when she saw him.  “Oh my-! Who are you?” She whisper-screamed.  He did not give a response. Instead, when she shot up, he also stood up.  She was confused beyond belief. … Continue reading Chloe Ko – Newspaper

Brady looks at the clock; it was 2:00am in the morning, about 100 miles off the shore of the mainland. It was very cramped in small flying aircraft, there was barely enough room for Nick, Jerry, and Brady. Brady yells; “we are 2 minutes out”, they are crawling over each other trying to get ready to jump. Jerry opens the back hatch and they all … Continue reading RJ Lawber – The Fight Over Launch Station

A loud hum jolted Dave awake from his sleep at his desk. The fax machine was printing. Dave could care less and leaned back into his chair waiting for the machine to stop so he could continue sleeping. Last night was New Year’s Eve and today was New Year’s Day, 2022. Dave didn’t sleep until he came to work at 6:30 this morning. The hum … Continue reading Drake Johnston – The Computer

Hell Bound I like the pain Like to make myself bleed  My thoughts suffering Makes me feel alive I don’t need your medications It won’t help my brain,  Help my soul,   Don’t try to numb me, no  I tear myself apart  Then sew me back together  Have so many scars  Can’t tell who they came from  Live off a broken heart  And then I fall … Continue reading Antoinette Dingledine – A Collection of Poems

The pungent smell of raw meat is really getting to me. I attempt to avert my gaze from the clear display shelves filled with bright red blood-soaked clumps of dead animals, but it isn’t worth the effort. Every time I glance away I can still picture the horrid image crystal clear in my mind. I try taking smaller breaths to lessen the smell but it … Continue reading Julia Cholerton – A Maze of Lost Souls