HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR FIRST JOB by Ella Mear
What time is it? I pull out my phone and look at the time. 10:30?! It’s Friday, and we have been closed for two and a half hours! Why is it taking so long?...
IF YOU LEAVE, WHERE WILL YOU GO? Lisa Hoelzer
I recently left the strict high-demand religion I belonged to for the past thirty years. The values and practices associated with my faith shaped every part of my life: family priorities, Sunday behaviors, clothing,...
TRAVEL by Ates Yersu
“WE TRAVEL NOT TO ESCAPE LIFE, BUT FOR LIFE NOT TO ESCAPE US.”
ANONYMOUS
We feel a temporary sense of immortality when we are taking a trip, especially when we are on a train, looking at...
TENSE MATTERS by Chelsea Owens
The Past
My brother, Justin, died in June 2022. The exact date, cause, and time were a mystery. The coroner said “when they cut him open” he had upper and lower GI bleeds, severe cirrhosis...
DAYLIGHT SAVES by Kay Smith Blum
My head is in a story that I need to submit by today, when my husband comes into the kitchen. I can’t exit until my coffee is done even though any conversation will drain...
THE ANATOMY OF HOPE by Ananya Anand
A defeated sigh, an apologetic letter, those goodbyes that are merely just a promise of our paths crossing again someday, the quiet gasp of the one who manages to narrowly escape from the jaws...
WHAT I REMEMBER OF THE DRAGON by Kaylin Moore
At nine years old, I was Hermione Granger.
That all-too-familiar feeling of adrenaline and fear always seemed to creep in at the most inopportune times, that beast. It made my tiny hands shake at family...