2024 Issue

Vol. 30.1



Poetry

Houses That Can’t Be Torn Down
by Meleah Olivarez
University of the Incarnate Word

The Audience
by Zachary Corona
University of the Incarnate Word

La Jolla
by Jett Montes
University of the Incarnate Word

Why I Cry More in California
by Caitlin Callahan
Point Loma Nazarene University

Home
by Adeleine Mireles
Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Words Unspoken
by Star Zuniga
University of the Incarnate Word

At My Starry Point
by Alexandria Hernandez
University of the Incarnate Word

Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick
by Zachary Corona
University of the Incarnate Word

La Dama de Necoclí
by Juan Rivera
University of the Incarnate Word

Funny Bone
by Makayla Vallejo
University of the Incarnate Word

Bring Back the Old Times!
by Laisha Cervantes
University of the Incarnate Word

Women
by Mercedes Rodriguez
University of the Incarnate Word

Goody Bags
by Luke Stout
University of the Incarnate Word

For the Fantasy Book Lover
by Caitlin Callahan
Point Loma Nazarene University

A Macaw in Jonestown
by Lauren Holmes
University of the Incarnate Word

Ode to Angst
by Mercedes Rodriguez
University of the Incarnate Word

Scribbles on the Back of a Flyer
by E.W. Here
Eastern Washington University

After Math
by Destiny Moreno
University of the Incarnate Word

Overstimulation
by Laisha Cervantes
University of the Incarnate Word

Spill on Aisle 9
by Giovanna Cordova
University of the Incarnate Word

Fiction 

Fig Leaves
by Kylie Wagoner
University of Arkansas

Bodies Out to Sea
by Rae Ackroyd
Western Washington University

A Memory of Extinction
by Kade Morgan
Western Washington University

Long Live the Days of Julia
by McKenna Seiger
University of the Incarnate Word

Within the Silo’s Grasp
by Star Zuniga
University of the Incarnate Word

The Sphinx, and the Boy with No Fear
by Sophia Flamoe
Seattle University

Inside
by Ania Fierro
University of Texas at El Paso

Fairy Tale Villain Support Group
by Faith Monesteri
Montclair State University

Nonfiction

Fairy Creek
by Eileen Munoz
University of the Incarnate Word

The View
by Adina-Marie Torres
University of the Incarnate Word

Something Akin to a Sweet but Stern Mahogany Gaze
by Tyler Lemley
University of the Incarnate Word

Stranded in Space
by Kiritika Iyer
Boston University

The Longevity of Wallpaper in a Cardboard Box
by McKenna Seiger
University of the Incarnate Word

Visual Art

Darwinism
by Lauren Holmes
University of the Incarnate Word

At the Dinner Table
by Majae Davis
University of the Incarnate Word

Sea of Creatures
by Rusted Doodles
University of the Incarnate Word

Self-Fulfillment
by Lauren Holmes
University of the Incarnate Word

Charcoal Rendering of a Scene from UIW Theater’s ‘BOY’
by Matt Scrogum
University of the Incarnate Word

autumn evening
by Amanda Chapa
University of Texas in San Antonio

Spiral of Time
by Rusted Doodles
University of the Incarnate Word

Bug Perspective Electrify
by Aiden Sanchez
University of the Incarnate Word

night train
by Amanda Chapa
University of Texas in San Antonio

Arachnophobia
by Katherine Dunnagan
University of the Incarnate Word

Rats & Mice
by Ana Gonzalez Paneque
University of the Incarnate Word

Fruits of Labor
by Mercedes Rodriguez
University of the Incarnate Word

Holy
by Fern Creson
Seattle University

A new challenger approaches
by Dan Wilson
University of the Incarnate Word

In Your Eyes
by Eileen Munoz
University of the Incarnate Word

Inside the Teenage Mind
by Ava Gonzales
University of the Incarnate Word

Rising Writers! High School Writing Series

Cemetery Wandering
by Keira Clements
North East School of the Arts

When You, If I
by Annaliese Herrera
Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Let Them Eat Cake
by Esteban Mielnik
North East School of the Arts

The Trolley Problem
by Tanielle Dlamini
North East School of the Arts

Followed
by Isabella Tellez
Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Stars
by Cassia Perez
Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Home is a Web
by Keira Clements
North East School of the Arts

Ode to Young Love
by Lily Thomas
Texas Online Preparatory School

Grief
by Audrina Miranda
Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Lippy Eczema
by Isabel Brown
North East School of the Arts

Falling Falling Snow
by Shanzay Hasan
Veterans Memorial High School

Dead Snakes
by Sophia Nyunt

Summer
by Lily Thomas
Texas Online Preparatory School

Cloud Tears
by Tanielle Dlamini
North East School of the Arts

PSA: Stay Inside
by Ophelia Grey
Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Fragile
by Nicole Evangelista
Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Supernova, Bluebird, Your Poems Are Love
by Lily Thomas
Texas Online Preparatory School

Saltwater Dishes, My Body Betrays Me, There’s Death Between My Pants, Apparently by Ronin Hernandez Young Women’s Leadership Academy