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Auditions

Tori McDonald March 31, 2016

They make everything rattle. I was glad Abel never played one, or I'd have gotten a headache every time we were together. They rattled the kick drum at the slightest little pluck. Or maybe it was the drums...

Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher

Ashley Martin March 31, 2016

“You heard about the murders in that town, right?  The one two districts over.” They talked a lot here, he’d noticed.  Idle gossip for the most part, but it was enough to distract his raw fingers...

Life Moves On

Life Moves On

Rebecca Carroll, Writer March 30, 2016

You are born You are raised You are sent out into the world You are the future   You become successful Or you fail You live Or you die   The world still moves along People...

Soundtrack of Life

Soundtrack of Life

M. Brynn Bertrand March 29, 2016

Life has a soundtrack. The music is in the way we speak, The things we do, And how we feel.   Every word, Hello, Goodbye, I love you.   Every action, A hug, A...

Lunacy

Lunacy

Alecia Wilson, Copy Editor March 28, 2016

You dwell where the sun won't travel Choose to live among the unraveled "Experience is the best teacher" But how can you teach the unteachable Unthinkable Without the best teacher Taking...

Sun Drop and Mountain Dew

Sun Drop and Mountain Dew

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

Sun Drop You are all I can find, all they sale, what gets me through a day, helps me keep calm, satisfies my need, but you will never be my Mtn Dew.   Mountain Dew You are...

I Could Only Imagine

I Could Only Imagine

Aallyah Wright, Editor March 25, 2016

A world where falling in love is the easiest decision to make, and the most beautiful risk to take. A world where peace conincided with joy, and violence didn't self-destruct and destroy. A...

Love's Mystery Parade

Love’s Mystery Parade

Sheldon Ransom, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

I see your face Yet, I don't know your name You come to me in my dreams Whispering the calling of my name Appearing with an outlined radiant glow I'm losing myself in your eyes Can you...

Hunted: Prequel to Embers (Excerpt)

Hunted: Prequel to Embers (Excerpt)

Mikaela Hancock March 17, 2016

Helina glared at him. As if she could help what family she was born into! All she wanted was to scream at him. But ladies did not scream. Especially in public. So she simply forced her frown into a smile...

Eye Contact

Eye Contact

Aaron Payne March 4, 2016

I looked into the mirror, uncomfortable with what I saw. My now pale and ghostly skin glistened before me. I slowly made my way up to my face and set my eyes upon the scar upon my left cheek hesitantly....

Phone photo taken at a local church in downtown Cleveland, MS

Phoneography

Najawon Wilson, Photographer March 4, 2016

 

It's A Part of Who I Am

It’s A Part of Who I Am

Aallyah Wright, Editor March 1, 2016

They look at my kinks, coils, and curls and wonder how I manage to tame them. I tell them, "Its a part of who I am."   They stare at my sun kissed skin and wonder why I am not a shade...