Delilah's Song Janie Pitner Montgomery Blair High School Rrrrrrr r r r I turned the key of the ignition 90 degrees as the rumbling of my battered, old yellow station wagon started. Skreeeeeeech As I began to backup my slanted driveway, the exhaust pipe dragged against the ground. At least the … Continue reading High School Contest Fiction Second Place
High School Contest Fiction Winner
Sophia By Amelia Frey Montgomery Blair High School Fifteen years. It was still there. I set the handful of zinnia and soil down beside the letters and cautiously run my fingertips over the engraved name, my engraved name. The rock is chilly and nips at my fingers, a smooth roughness. The memory hadn’t faded with … Continue reading High School Contest Fiction Winner
A Peep Through The Window Of Heaven
A million million spermatozoa All of them alive: Out of their cataclysm but one poor Noah Dare hope to survive. And among that billion minus one Might have chanced to be Shakespeare, Another Newton, a new Donne - But the one was Me. - Aldous Huxley She was just the shy type. She was … Continue reading A Peep Through The Window Of Heaven
Just Two People
By: Hemi Gordy It all began with a soda can. I stared at it, perplexed by the unfamiliar contraption. Turning to the stranger sitting next to me at the lunch table, I asked, “Can you open this for me, please?” I still remember the charmingly vacant expression in his blue eyes when he tore his … Continue reading Just Two People
Play To Win
By: Daniel Greigg “25... 15... 18... 20... 37.” Toby listened as the host announced the winning numbers. A complete miss. Loss number 45, and Toby had only been playing for a matter of months. Local lotteries, state lotteries, national lotteries -- he entered them all. He had even started playing the smaller scratch-off tickets. Two … Continue reading Play To Win
Fortunate
By: Viviana Labarca I was born on the 28th of February. Had I come out just six hours later, I would have been born on leap day, destined to experience a quarter of the birthdays that most people experience. In that sense, I am fortunate. Birthdays are supposed to be joyful beginnings. To my … Continue reading Fortunate
Stay
By Jessica Ricks “Are you hungry?” “No.” “Can I get you anything?” “No.” “Why are you doing this?” “Because I don't want to eat.” “You know what I mean.” “Because I have to.” “I still don't understand.” “I don't fully understand either.” “And yet here we are...please talk to me. I don't want to see … Continue reading Stay
Homestead
By Thomas Page With the glide of a Pen, Emily Dickinson Writes a little poem. She looks out her room’s Window, the cemetery Calls her to picture Momento mori— The fly captures dying light From someone’s pale eyes The buzz steals the soul As the weak lids close firmly To open nevermore. She puts … Continue reading Homestead
A Dramatic Recounting of a Email Chain Between a Student and His Professor
By Thomas Page -------------------------------- “Dear Dr. Kesey, I am not able to attend class today because I have the flu. Yours, Joseph Brown” --------------------------------- “Dear Mr. Brown, I would normally excuse your absence from class, but I’ve noticed you have never attended any of the discussion sections with Ms. Florin. You have used all of … Continue reading A Dramatic Recounting of a Email Chain Between a Student and His Professor
The Nightmare
By: John Page I wake up. I feel panic. My heart is racing. I can't move. I try to open my eyes, but something holds them down. My arms are killing me,and I can't feel my legs. Something is sitting on my chest. O God, it is so heavy. It feels so warm. What is … Continue reading The Nightmare
Academy of the Heart And Mind 