Devin Debowski, a 17-year-old studying 3-D art at Idyllwild Arts Academy, delves into the dark with this collection of vignettes, poems, and
A Triumph for Joe
Isaac Dwyer finds extreme pleasure in reciting the passages of Brendan Constantine's latest book, Calamity Joe
The Rebellion
This flash fiction piece written by Anna Mayer, winner of the Short Shorts Contest, pinpoints the irony of what we hold as
John Albert: Stranger than Fiction
John Albert talks process, publishing and personal stories from his past.
Maybe I’m Not Real, Either
None of this is Real, by Miranda Mellis, confuses Isaac greatly.
Cataclysmic Successes
Isaac really, really, really likes Matt Bell's Cataclysm Baby.
No Place Like Home
Luis Bermudez Ham, of Mexico, examines what it's like to lose a sense of home. He also likes turtles.
Culinary Arts & the Cost of Creativity
Rebecca Qian, of the International School of Beijing, writes about her emotions behind a biological necessity - food.
Roll Your Tongue Back
Rebecca Cox shows the reader what it means to want.
Where Violet Dies, Poisoned by Her Own Self-Hatred
Isaac Dwyer's character suffers a violent death.
Strange Routes with David Shook
Becky Hirsch talks life and learning with David Shook.
Boyd Fortin
Tabriz Mohsenin, a Senior from Woodside, CA, tells the story of a boy who kills rattlesnakes and vehemently unearths fate. She plans
Caustic Romanticism
Isaac Dwyer reviews the debut translation of Juliusz Slowacki's drama of a romantic youth in the Warsaw insurrection.
Toddlers, Coloring Books, and Tiaras
Rebecca Cox confronts gender roles with her younger brother over Jacinta Bunnell's coloring book.
The Thoughts of the Trees
Hailey Desprez, of Orange County High School of the Arts, where she studies theatre, shares with us a ballad of the woodlands.
I Hope You Have Thought of Me
Kali White tells a story of loss and loneliness, providing a translation alongside her Spanish lyric.