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The River is a representation of the Sandy River itself, which runs alongside the university and what inspired the name of the journal. It is a constantly flowing, ebbing and surging, body of content filled with contemporary work. To submit to The River please visit our Submissions page to the left or e mail TheRiverEditors@gmail.com directly.
Title: The Wolfman. Media: Book, written by Nicholas Pekearo. The Wolfman is a novel written by Nicholas Pekearo, that was published posthumously in 2008. The book follows the protagonist Marlowe … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 2/19/25
By Visio Roughton In late August of 1859, Earth was struck by the most powerful solar flare in recorded history, the effects of which peaked on September 1st and 2nd … Continue Reading Fire In the Sky – A Look Back at the Carrington Event
Title: Dog Soldiers. Media: Film, directed by Neil Marshall. Dog Soldiers was released in 2002 and has unfortunately been vastly overlooked by fans of horror cinema since its release. As … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 2/12/25
By Visio Roughton Many cultures have learned to adapt to their environments, living alongside rather than against them. These civilizations, both ancient and modern, reflect the true power of human … Continue Reading Floating Cities – The Islands of the Uros and the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan
By Visio Roughton Throughout American history, there are many examples of towns that are erected near or around areas that are rich in natural resources. From gold and silver to … Continue Reading The Town That’s Burned for 60 Years – A Brief Exploration Into the History of Centralia, Pennsylvania
This week, we shall start with an age old Universal Pictures classic that many are often familiar with. Title: The Wolfman. Media: Film, directed by George Waggner. Original screenplay by … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 1/29/25
It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for Marcel Proust Take a moment, imagine you were never loved no self-sympathy more a mental exercise, … Continue Reading Imagine
Following a long career working on urban poverty in the Global South, Tim Campbell aims to establish a new voice in creative nonfiction. His most recent award is an Honorable … Continue Reading Rivets Under The Bridge
Trigger Warning: child abuse Your family moved in. Your parents marveled at such a good house. Right next to the brick factory, yet empty. Through the roof was made of … Continue Reading The Ghost That Haunted Your House
daydreams birth bright creatures of poem and legend particularly for realities broken a place where ecstasy was invented for the artist whose reality will never show kindness take someone, make … Continue Reading calling forth the lost
…the Whole World and allthere is, including your soul.Shadows stretch from the sun,seeking the end of the day,which is about to runout of light on the wayto tomorrow. Few eyessee … Continue Reading (BEHIND EVERY DOOR)
in the desert of hopes, dreams buried in times,fumbling for the courage to walk to the distant homesnow melting desires to climb the peakwhen an ant climbs with the crust … Continue Reading Alone but not alone…
Nicholas Skaldetvind was born in New York.
Sometimes secrets of a person’s life are revealed only after that person dies. This story of our grandfather came to my sister, Jeanie when we were kids on a family … Continue Reading Family Secrets
I’ve learnt the ABC of insomnia by heartAnd developed my grammar of itChasing stars by night and playing hide and seek with the moonMy sleep was pissed off by counting … Continue Reading My sleep
Trigger Warning: mention of imprisonment, abduction, threatened execution In 1975, under the collective labor system in China, Ritang Village launched the “Learn from Dazhai in Agriculture” movement. The plan was … Continue Reading A Notorious Prick