by Sarah Hozumi Celea watched the birth of a star from the comfort of a tree branch belonging to an enormous white cedar. She watched as the remains of spirits became particles of energy that all were pushed to one point in the night sky. With a brilliant flash, there in the sea of stars,…
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by Paul Stansbury The Kūaka hurtled through space, its New Hope colonists slumbering in suspended animation. Inside, all was still in the darkness except for its passengers’ thoughts coalescing in a reality beyond the bounds of the conscious and subconscious. “They say before the sixth ice age, Earth was mostly green and great oceans,…
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by Aline Herbreteau The moon was round and bright in the twilit sky. Its silvery light glanced off the newly fallen snow, sprinkling it with diamonds, and spilled upon the castle steps. Every tree in the forest was draped in shimmering snow and trimmed with frost. Every creature, every plant, every snowflake had stopped moving;…
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By Emad El-Din Aysha This Union you want With the earth and sky, This union we all need with love, A golden wing from God’s heart just Touched the ground, Now Step upon it With your brave sun-vows And help our eyes To Dance! — Hafiz “Is this not a bit too much,” Al-Jahiz said,…
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by Thomas Cannon Her freckles and small eyes gave her a strong resemblance to Laura Ingalls from the TV show. She even had two thick braids of brown hair, but she also had a nose ring and a scorpion tattoo on her neck. Her looks were an odd juxtaposition of innocence and rebellion. However, it…
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by Curtis A. Bass Lieutenant Caleb Cooper “Burke! Move your ass. We’re on a timeline here,” Gilmore barked. There he goes, showing his ass again. I wish he’d just lay off. “Ignore him,” I whispered, my face close to Burke’s ear as I worked on his helmet. Louder I said, “Hold yer damn horses, Cap….
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by Enoch Daniel High on a misty mountain, up above the clouds, in a lush, little valley nestled between snowy peaks, there once lived a girl and her mother. They had a cabin made of logs and mud surrounded by woods. The light was soft as worn linen, and the air held a breath of…
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by Margaret Karmazin I awoke and struggled to sit up. It was dark except for emergency floor lights, and I was ravenous. The door to my cell was wide open. Groggy and confused, I sat up, then very carefully stood. Where were my torturers? Why was it cold? Not sure of my strength, I crawled…
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by Richard Webb It was hard to tell which was worse: the shrieks of agony from the wounded, piercing the air, or the stink of sweat, urine and blood. The sudden screams still sent a jolt up Sathra’s spine and the tang of infected flesh in the air still made her gag occasionally, despite the…
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“Fractured Mirth” by Sherry Shahan Iris longs to be with others who resist State laws; others who risk punishment to express themselves however they choose; others who believe that what a person dreams is more important than exams devised to test how little you know about history. She’s been searching for a group she heard…
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