Morondava, 95 degrees Fahrenheit, the middle of November. Classes had just restarted a month ago, and I was already tired. Taking the same dusty, poorly paved road every day, enduring the sun’s oppressive heat starting at eight o’clock in the morning, endlessly breathing in the smell of my classmates with their grey shirts clinging to… More You’re leaving already? by Carrina Lacorata
Nasir has been banished from the apartment for waking Jida up from her nap. He steps outside onto the pine-needled concrete, grabs an old soccer ball from under the porch, chucks it into the woods. He is fed up with having to be quiet all the time. Fed up with his mother, who is always… More Guard Duty by Penina Beede
Three years and two personal renaissances ago. You mourn for six weeks, then use her death to excuse all of your shortcomings for the rest of the year. One night, your body full of hunger and youth, you carve her initials into your outer thigh with your father’s razor. Later, at a blazing house party,… More Things You Did After Your Best Friend Died by Mei Mei Sun
Snowflakes remind me of angels. But I don’t mean snow angels. I’m talking about how no two flakes are the same and the way they flutter down to the ground. I used to wake up on snowy mornings and stare out the window as long as I could before my mom made me get ready… More Pavane by Ryan Amato
After Adrian Page You’re sitting across from me in a shitty diner in Nowhere, America with stained menus and countertops. The light slants through the broken blinds, time blows out wide and seconds go on for just this side of forever. You drink from a chipped beige mug made more of sugar than coffee. I… More You Are a Warm Feeling by Rhianna Bennett
By Alex Houdeshell It seems like all we can talk about these days is the coronavirus. I call up my friends but since all I’ve done for the past week is go to class from the comfort of my bed, and all they’ve done is play video games while lectures drones on in the background,… More From Animal Semen to Dank Memes: The language of COVID-19
TLDR you can make a writing prompt out of anything By Natalie Baliker After several weeks at home, stuck staring at the walls as if they’re going to change any time soon, I’m desperate for distraction. But at the same time, I’m incapable of sitting down and channelling that energy into my writing. Instead of… More Teenage Nostalgia Plus Free Time Equals Writing Prompts
By Jennie Fetzer Picture this, it’s the early 2000s, and if you’re a millennial or *cusp* Gen-Zer, you’re probably about to get off the bus from school, drink a Capri-Sun juice pouch, and read the Harry Potter series for the third (no, fourth) time through. A strange reality hit me the other day as I… More POV: You’re the Last Person in the World to Read Harry Potter
By Danny Mitola If there’s one thing I’ve noticed that’s different during self-isolation, it’s the amount of people walking, biking, and running on my street. There have certainly been people in the past whose daily routines included these activities, but I’ve noticed many new faces. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise, really. With… More Walking in Wallace Stevens’s Footsteps