2 min
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
2 min
A Perspective on Religious Universities
As a young freshman, I dreamed of how BYU would change me. Would I become a more devout Christian or a scholarly expert? As I near graduation, I fear losing the metaphorical "scaffolding" of religious
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Short Fiction
5 min
First Kiss
I'd bolted out the door faster than I could say goodbye. The soup pot in my grocery sack clanked as I skipped across the street, just like I had a few nights ago. Apparently one of her friends had
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Poetry
1 min
The Acorn in my Pocket
A few days after the breakup, I'm walking home from school
My hands thrust deep in my coat ... [+]
My hands thrust deep in my coat ... [+]
Creative Nonfiction
4 min
Guilt Me Into Staying
They were best friends. One died during the summer, the other eight months later, to the day. The Wall Street Journal article said that his parents had long since torn the blood-stained carpet out of
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Poetry
1 min
Problem Fairy
Poetry
1 min
Growing Up
e a sunflower Said My Mother,
I am only a dandelion seed drifting through the wind ... [+]
I am only a dandelion seed drifting through the wind ... [+]
Short Fiction
5 min
Math Lab Fantasy
"Did you clock in?" The other secretary's voice cuts into my thoughts. I blink, "yes, I- uh huh," came my distracted response. My focus isn't on the schedule, or even on the monitor directly in front
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Short Fiction
2 min
5 Cupcakes in South Bend, Indiana
There was trouble in the air. My naïveté did not sense it. The distrust. The greed. Nobody could sense its forthcoming. It was September of 2013, and my family and I were heading to a celebration. Of
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Poetry
1 min
Bestiality at Bedtime
Creative Nonfiction
2 min
Fragrance of Laughter
A blood-curdling scream of fear silently echoed through my veins as I woke up from a nightmare that left me paralyzed. Sweat started dripping from my head as the uncertainty of life shook my whole
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Short Fiction
2 min
Trapped In a Jar
My lungs became sore from screaming, but their ears did not become deaf from hearing as I continuously kept pleading to them to let me go. My head started to spin, and I felt pukish enclosed in that
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Poetry
1 min