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Birdcage

By Mykhia Thorpe, Virginia State University Kioni wound the gauze tight around her knuckles, flexing her fingers to ensure the wrappings...

The Diary of James Abrem

By Ezra Finn, Virginia State University Photo 6635851 © Tombaky | Dreamstime.com October 12, 2017. So I’ve decided to start keeping a...

Don't Believe Whatever You See

By Artis Jenkins, Virginia State University Photo 149047289 | Abandoned Office Building © Emanuele Ripamonti | Dreamstime.com At 1:27 AM,...

The Poetry Plot Thickens

By Janise Johnson, Virginia State University Photo 82322765 © Sergii Gnatiuk | Dreamstime.com There you go again, just like before...

Gwendolyn Stitch

By Aniyah Barnette, Virginia State University Photo 170305092 © Zeljko Vranjkovic | Dreamstime.com Beep, Beep, Beep. Gwendolyn Stitch...

Escape

By Mystique Meredith, Virginia State University Photo 194609647 © Florin Lupsa | Dreamstime.com I sit in a dimly lit boudoir, as "Feeling...

New Hire

By Mystique Meredith, Virginia State University I am Matthew Payne, an Anglo Saxon from millennia ago. Standing at a modest six foot, two...

Pleasure

By Mystique Meredith, Virginia State University Photo 173658006 © Liudmyla Ivashchenko | Dreamstime.com “Good morning.” I stir awake,...

Mirrors on the Wall

By Samaria Rountree, Virginia State University First Place Winner, Fiction, 2022 VSU English Department Writing Contest Everyone was busy...

Aida and the Crystal Palace

By Hamilton Winstead, Virginia State University Her only wish was that her body could be the same as those around her. When she was a...

Boy

By France Archange, Oakwood University A response to Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” Tuck your shirt in your pants when going to school; always...

Troubled Man

By France Archange, Oakwood University Every morning was the same; he woke up and sat on his bed for an hour and a half; he didn’t care...

Farewell

By Aerin Cuff, Virginia State University Second Place Winner, Fiction, 2022 VSU English Department Writing Contest Knock. Knock. Knock....

Fun Times

By Armani Callands, Virginia State University You see, I got kidnapped tonight. By a cult. But they have no idea who I really am. So,...

Psychedelic Cinnabon

By TiShay Ferrell Short Fiction Winner, 2021 VSU Student Writing Contest It’s tug of war between my sweet tooth and I sometimes. Most of...

The Shield Maidens of Hafrsfjord

By Sherena Willford [TW// Mentions of being su*c*dal, r*pe, and depression] The Northmen are all standing and sitting together in the...

Destined Love

By Aerin Cuff Hero and Villain. Villain wants power and loves destruction. Hero wants peace and loves tranquility. Hero and Villain...

Walk of Shame

By Desiree Carrizosa [TW// SA, r*pe] The mud beneath her feet squished between her toes. Her chanclas stuck to the mud like suction cups...

Ancients' Voyager

By Chidubem Ntiwunka-Ifeanyi The clouds had turned dark as they always did before the downpour came down, slowly shadowing the three...

Nine to Five

by Dillon Armstrong Short Fiction Winner, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest I don’t have to do this. This isn’t how it has to be. I stare...