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The Fox

By Carla Bennett Posted on August 21, 2016 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Short Story, Student 2016, Writing Contest Winners
The Fox
Fox Saves Coyote by Quinton Decker of Salish Kootenai College

To a young teenage girl, the last ten minutes of school on a Friday take a billion years. I tried to listen to the teacher, but my mind kept wandering. I always get really anxious to get home and pack …

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Unwanted Marriage

By Geneva Wauneka Posted on August 21, 2016 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Short Story, Student 2016, Writing Contest Winners
Unwanted Marriage
Untitled II by Fannie Lockwood of Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College

Watching the sun go down made me feel warm inside, seeing how the colors look on the mesas. What beautiful colors the sunlight makes, like purple on the lower layer, turning to a soft pink color. His arm around my …

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Hellhound

By Ronald Dean Johnson Posted on August 21, 2016 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Short Story, Student 2016, Writing Contest Winners
Hellhound
Emotional Release by Samantha Friedlander of Salish Kootenai College

I awoke from a very intense wet dream. No, this is not what you sick-minded freaks are thinking of. This was a dream so vivid that all of my senses went into overdrive. This exhilarating, yet disturbing dream caught me …

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Sourtoe

By David Weiden Posted on August 14, 2014 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Short Story, Student 2014, Writing Contest Winners
Sourtoe

I got the phone call I’d been dreading. The woman at the nursing home told me it was almost time, that my Auntie Edith was about to die. Of course, she didn’t say “die,” that word being too raw, too …

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Forgive Me

By Misty Daniels Posted on August 14, 2014 Posted in Fiction, Short Story, Student 2014, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Forgive Me

Beth stood in the middle of the Mojave, her eyes cast up towards what she’d always considered an abysmal, black sky. But now in the silence of the desert, galaxies revealed themselves just beyond her icy touch. She didn’t dare …

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In Our Blood

By Mary Baker Posted on August 14, 2014 Posted in Fiction, Short Story, Student 2014, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
In Our Blood

The powwow grounds were bitter, only a handful of dancers and a couple drums brought in the Grand Entry remained. It was a shame to find that it wasn’t a celebration anymore, more like going through the motions of being …

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Of Missionaries and Indian Loggers

By Tom Swift Bird Posted on August 14, 2014 Posted in Fiction, Short Story, Student 2014, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Of Missionaries and Indian Loggers

“You’re ugly.” A small girl, perhaps three years old, tells him as he walks past a rusty swing set. “Why?” he asks, genuinely curious. “Your skin is brown.” She responds. It’s true. Though his mom is light skinned, he could …

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Silence

By Sina Bear Eagle Posted on August 14, 2014 Posted in Fiction, Short Story, Student 2014, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Silence

In the end, it was the silence that told him more than any word ever could’ve hoped. The thick shag of the hotel carpet dulled the thud of his bare feet as he paced the room for what seemed to …

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Rat City

By Damien Moore Posted on August 14, 2014 Posted in Fiction, Short Story, Student 2014, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Rat City

Zombie rats had overtaken the city. The mayor had called the piper to lead the rats out of the city, but the rats ate the piper and only left a pile of bones with a flute broken in half. The …

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Unbelievable Night

By Clifford Anderson Posted on August 14, 2014 Posted in Fiction, Short Story, Student 2014, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Unbelievable Night

Joseph’s whole day is so perfect on Thanksgiving. Then his night is truly a living nightmare. That’s what happens when you’re young, Native, and living on the west side of Denver. There are lots of Natives in Denver. Lots of …

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