The Bright Star

by Ella Jane Lombard

Published January 15, 2016

This story takes place in 1976, in South Africa. At this time in its history, the country was in the...
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Jess and Lizzy

by Maia Donahue

Published January 15, 2016

  Jess sat dejectedly on the playground swing. She kicked the sand around her feet as if personally punishing it...
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The Gap and the Gift

by Shannon Jin

Published January 15, 2016

Sherry had not returned to her home country in years. In a way, it was no longer her home country....
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Buffalo Hunt

by Olivia Michelle Smit

Published January 15, 2016

The boy stood, facing the early morning. He let the gentle breeze caress his dark skin and play with his...
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Arachne

by Victoria Boyden

Published January 14, 2016

Arachne was my sister, but we were as different as night and day. I was tall and lanky, tanned from...
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The M31: Borrowed Bus Stories

by Charlotte Merrick

Published January 14, 2016

Every day, you wake up, eat breakfast, and walk down the five flights of steep, stone-cold stairs. As a cheery...
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A Night of Fire

by Jordan Dunaway-Barlow

Published January 14, 2016

A gloomy hole sheltered the shivering cardinal during a raging thunderstorm. The hole was an incomplete snake house, burrowed with...
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Navy-Blue Cloth— Words and Pain

by Kathryn Malnight

Published January 14, 2016

“He was mostly your dog.” The words flew in flurries around my head. I shall never forget them. “He was...
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The Highest Football

by Jaylen Wang

Published January 14, 2016

It’s funny, sometimes some things that are supposed to make perfect sense are actually totally the opposite from the truth....
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Reject

by Ella Staats

Published January 14, 2016

Reject. That’s what I was. My parents claimed that eight children in the house was too much for them to...
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