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The Sweetest Lie: A Pakistani Folktale

The Sweetest Lie: A Pakistani Folktale

Hadia Zafar , Staff Writer December 25, 2017

Once upon a time, there was a king so generous and kind. He would always wander across the streets in disguise to listen to his people’s conversations, their problems, and their thoughts. One fine...

My Adventures with Mark Begin

My Adventures with Mark Begin

Wyatt O'Keefe, Copy Editor November 5, 2017

What happened that night was so strange, and yet so real. It seemed to have lasted for quite some time, yet it was only in a single night! I will try to explain it as best as I can. The details are so...

In the Woods of the County of Flanders: the year 1088 A.D.

In the Woods of the County of Flanders: the year 1088 A.D.

Wyatt O'Keefe, Copy Editor November 5, 2017

The chase was on! The boar charged through the trees, brushing by bushes as often as he could in a futile attempt to get away from his pursuers who were bearing down on him as they flew through...

Scorching Earth

Scorching Earth

Avery Wall, Editor-in-Chief November 1, 2017

Hot sand burned the soles of my feet as I stumbled up another sand dune. It was the hundredth one I’d climbed and probably wasn’t going to be the last one as there was an entire sea of them as far...

People Are Like Lollipops

Stormy Ferrell , Publisher October 19, 2017

Cooling Sunlight

Cooling Sunlight

Avery Wall, Editor-in-Chief October 5, 2017

The water felt cool even through my wetsuit as I dived deeper into the open plains of the ocean. Sunlight, gentle and soft, streamed through the surface and danced with the bubbles expelled from my regulator....

Embers

Embers

Blake Barnes, Contributing Writer September 19, 2017

Day by day, they wandered, and every sunset their home. The stars had become familiar to them, the only consistency outside of each other. Every new face in every new place offered the same darting...

Cold Notes

Cold Notes

Nick Houston April 2, 2017

Momma would sit down with her laptop on the couch and eat ice all day long. Yes, I’m talking cold cubes of ice and a never ending “CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH” that drove me up a god-damn wall.   I...

Purple and white calla lilies which symbolize charm and innocence respectively.

Surviving High School: Chapter 2

Avery Wall March 24, 2017

“Ah, our newest student has finally graced us with her presence,” Mr. Tillridge, the biology teacher, sneered from the blackboard. She winced at his disapproving glare as she walked hurriedly to an...

Calla Lilies made from paper and, in the language of flowers, mean regal.

Surviving High School: Chapter One

Avery Wall February 21, 2017

Chapter One At first, skipping a grade seemed like a reward—an honor. A part of her thought she might even be presented with a certificate of some sort. But when she walked into the classroom, she...

A hog pokes it  snout through the planks of its pen in greeting.

How a Pig Taught Me a Lesson

Rachel Red February 7, 2017

I was miserable. Feet shifting, I shoved my gloved hands in my coat pockets and ground my teeth against the chattering that threatened to seize me. Every breath snorted through my nostrils, which were...

God Provides For The Foxes

God Provides For The Foxes

Kole Oakes February 5, 2017

“Always in the background there is our vague disquiet with the artificiality or 'anti-naturalness' of both Christianity, with its politically ordered cosmology, and technology, with its imperialistic...