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
Sargullic Cycle #2
By: John Page The fourteen ages As record in the ancient sagas of the Eltic people and written down in the book of history. In the beginning all of creation was one. After the Father wrought creation He put the Angels to rule the world of seventy three with the chaos, the dream and the … Continue reading Sargullic Cycle #2
First story of the Sargullic cycle
By: John Page Creation myth First the world was a formless mass. Nothing existed until a great ball of light appeared. From it step the two fundamental forces of creation, time as symbolized by the moon and order as symbolized by the mage. The two forces became Selune and Salbi. They work for millions of … Continue reading First story of the Sargullic cycle
Academy of the Heart And Mind 