She watched him pull out a dinged up can from his drawer and dump the contents out onto his desk: a few crinkled bills and scraps of paper, but mostly just a shower of coins. “My prized coin collection from seventh grade,” he muttered. “Never knew it’d end up like this.” With a smirk, heContinue reading “I Just Thought Of A Really Good Metaphor: “Change””
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Guest Post: Aporia
So quick backstory. This is Earth, about a thousand years later. We’ve averted the global warming crisis of 2032 and 2503, but because of this, Earth is now an inhabitable wasteland, save for its middle atmosphere, where humanity now lives. Having built a floating city using anti-gravity technology developed in 2380 when humanity tried toContinue reading “Guest Post: Aporia”
Freed from the Birdcage (A Creative Revision)
The following is a creative revision/short story based on the popular novel by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre. A field is only a field until I realize that I shall never see it again. Upon this thought, an unnamed sadness strikes me as I look out the window, which overlooks the fields of the Rochester mansion.Continue reading “Freed from the Birdcage (A Creative Revision)”
Guest Post: The Four
Recently I was hospitalized due to a broken arm. Within the first week, I had a lot of visitors, just checking to make sure I wasn’t dying anytime soon (I wasn’t, I promise). During my stay, I was visited by four different girls, each of them holding a different place in my heart. I hadContinue reading “Guest Post: The Four”
Getting Lost in a Book
To be absorbed in a book Is to turn off all senses Besides the sense of sight So that your eyes May zigzag left to right
Cat Zhang 