High Water Everywhere
By Wilson Krause High Water Everywhere (Parts I and II) – Charley Patton It’s been rainin every single night and day for two weeks. We’re livin up on a hill … Continue Reading High Water Everywhere
This Week In Wrestling: Tournaments, Record Breaking Reigns, and Ongoing Familial Troubles
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Monday Night Raw opened with a promo segment from Jey Uso, having been drafted to Raw during Payback. He quit the company three … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Tournaments, Record Breaking Reigns, and Ongoing Familial Troubles
Heart in the Highlands
By Wilson Krause Highlands – Bob Dylan (It wouldn’t be right for me to talk about my near-and-dear music without him) The night I slept in the inn that sat … Continue Reading Heart in the Highlands
This Week In Wresting: WWE’s Payback and AEW’s All Out Pay-Per-Views
By Gwen Lombard This past weekend saw two Pay-Per-Views, World Wrestling Entertainment’s Payback, and All Elite Wrestling’s All Out, the latter of which was the follow-up from a historic, record-setting … Continue Reading This Week In Wresting: WWE’s Payback and AEW’s All Out Pay-Per-Views
Secret Sauce
By Venus Wright When I was young, from about two years old until around my fourth or fifth year on earth, my mum fibbed every time I’d ask for juice. … Continue Reading Secret Sauce
Lucas
By Venus Wright I walked out the front door of my apartment building, stopping on the stoop to look up and down the street. Millennial mothers with strollers power walked … Continue Reading Lucas
Guilt Made Me Do It
By Venus Wright A small silver bell above the door made a twinkling sound as I pushed through the door. “Good mornin’, how’s it going?” Said a lazy-voiced man behind … Continue Reading Guilt Made Me Do It
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Ink stains the page in careful swooping patterns as a fountain pen dances acrossthe page. Quick breaths from puckered lips dry the latest line on the page, careful not toblow … Continue Reading A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Lying to Make Them Feel Better
By Venus Wright I never thought the night would turn out like this. Lilith is sitting in a ball on the floor of the club’s bathroom, head in her hands … Continue Reading Lying to Make Them Feel Better
Happy As A Clam Pt. 1
You jog down the hallway to biology class, your converse sneaker clad flatt feet thwaping! Against the dated tile floor. You sigh because you know you are going to be … Continue Reading Happy As A Clam Pt. 1
Are Aesthetics a Lie? – Venus Thoughts
By Venus Wright Am I lying if I portray an image of myself to the world that is different or opposite of the genuine image of myself? When I meet … Continue Reading Are Aesthetics a Lie? – Venus Thoughts
Hiding to Protect
By Venus Wright “I went to go pick up milk. I need it for tonight’s casserole.” My heart pounded in my ears and a cold sweat joined my feverish body. … Continue Reading Hiding to Protect
Foolish Teenager – 3/3
By Venus Wright While my father was simultaneously panicking about the situation on the phone with my mother and seething with frustration, I sat on our couch in the den … Continue Reading Foolish Teenager – 3/3
The Last Straw
By Joshua Hoffman “That’s the last straw!” Wilbur cawed as he stomped down the stairs and into the kitchen. His younger sister Erin was standing at the kitchen counter, slowly … Continue Reading The Last Straw
Foolish Teenager – 2/3
By Venus Wright In Autumn of my sixteenth year on earth, I messed up on my lies worse than I ever had. My parents came down on me terribly on … Continue Reading Foolish Teenager – 2/3
Foolish Teenager – 1/3
I would like to preface by saying that I do not condone lying unless absolutely necessary for safety or otherwise. These are just my thoughts as someone who used to … Continue Reading Foolish Teenager – 1/3