Issue 25 - Spring 2026
Poetry
Mud Puddle of the Mind – Velvet
Creative Writing Awards, 1st place, Poetry
Blue-Eyed Baby – Adara Dobson
Creative Writing Awards, 2nd place, Poetry
sonderlust – Mykala Gray
Yellow (For Erica) – Adara Dobson
The Between Time/Crepuscular – An Acrostic – Stella Howard
The Ballad of the Honey Buzzard – Stella Howard
truck stop tiger – Maggie Arace
The world tilts, and so do I – The Dame In Black
When did I… – Gia Rossum
That Woman – Alexis DeWitt
Stuck in Wax – Gia Rossum
Gradiva, My Gradiva – Alexis DeWitt
Prose and Screenplays
In Spades – Adara Dobson,
Creative Writing Awards, 1st place, Prose
Motheramphetamines – Alex Skelly
Creative Writing Awards, 2nd place, Prose
The Color Behind Closed Eyes – A.J. Russo
Jack Ramsey (A Told Story) – C.K.W. Lusero
Brume – Tori Phillips
Creative Writing Awards, 1st place, Screenwriting
It’s Cold and I Miss You – Ross Osterholt
Creative Writing Awards, 2nd place, Screenwriting
*read an interview with Ross Osterholt from last spring’s issue.
Sign of the Times
(special folio)
how might one know the extent of man’s cruelty? – Mykala Gray
Let Me Get It Out – Aki Fletcher
Riot in the Name of Those Who Can’t – Tori Phillips
The One Drop Rule – Anthony Jones
How to Apply for a Name Change – Peter Walker
The Lesser Epistle of Molech – Arthur Dylan Scott
Spring 2026 Class
Literary Editors – Chris Root, Lee Sambas, Alex Skelly, Peter Walker
Art Editors – Gabby Greenberg, Leo Morgan, Ella Winters
Design/Layout – Eryn Coughlan
Web Layout – Cesta
PR and Events – Abigail Bobst, David Ruiz
Faculty Advisor – Robert Loss
Special thanks to Ryan Feeney