It Might Save Us
“Crying, Mira began telling them what she had been through in treatment, the cruelty she endured. After hearing her talk, Lily cut her own hand and took out her biochip…”
Fiction
Student 2023
Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
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“I do not know what happened to my wife, I told her to run. I feel blood all over my body. I feel life leaving me…”
Do Not Take What Is Not Yours
“Old man took a deep breath. Looking down he saw the Unktehi peek its head out of its hole, looking around as if it knew something was wrong. Snap went the sling shot…”
First Man
“Up to this point, I didn’t think I liked him. I’ve never really had any sort of healthy male relationships, so obviously once I got one, I was determined to keep it forever…”
Heated
“I might turn into that pregnant summer stereotype “crabby, huge, and miserable” and don’t dare question me in this heat: “How are you pregnant during summer?” I’d punch someone today…”
Breakfast, August 8, 2025, 0730
“I used to look them up in the obituaries to see if I could find them there. That’s not closure. I mean, hell, you kneel over someone, feel their final warmth through your gloves, stare at their eyes…”
Crazy Little Deer (Eco Hacuhvkuce)
Crazy Little Deer went to the Muscogee fairgrounds with his friends and family. He wanted to run… jump… laugh and play stickball. He wanted to sing and dance. He wanted to eat all the blue dumplings and sweet corn drink. …
The Drum
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/502602
Tambeh-sedo craves to be heard. Drums live off the tediously ground prayers that are cornmeal. They should soak in fresh air and sunlight daily, given the chance to absorb the happenings of the world. That is how they feed their …
Does It Hurt?
When I was a kid, I thought that losing your toes was a natural part of aging, like losing baby teeth. Every summer I stayed with my Grandmother Mary in Oklahoma, I would see her missing toes, healed, smooth, and …
The Rise of Persistence
In the earliest of times when the lands stayed shaded in the black of night, there lived a rare species of bird with feathers the color of the brightest fires. This was a bird with many wonderous qualities, some of …