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What Sounds Fun?
by Olivia Harre | Apr 13, 2021 | Tennessee
It’s as if the freedom to have fun was traded in exchange for my college diploma.
Final Rest
by Klaas Walhout | Apr 12, 2021 | Placeless
We sat in silence, listening only to the low hum of the oxygen machine.
Why I Unironically Love the CW’s Nancy Drew
by Lauren Cole | Apr 11, 2021 | Placeless
When I saw that the CW had a Nancy Drew TV show that started airing in 2019, I had my reservations.
Unfazed
by Jordan Petersen Kamp | Apr 10, 2021 | Placeless
What if at the core of everything I find corny is something beautiful?
Two Poles, Both Alike in Dignity
by Gwyneth Findlay | Apr 9, 2021 | Placeless
The initial descent, which for Lil Nas is as simple as grabbing the pole, is trickier from the Moon.
Reinventing the Wheel (of Fortune)
by Josh Parks | Apr 8, 2021 | Placeless
For paying customers, the Ferris wheel of Fortune has become a ski lift.
It Kindly Stopped for Me
by Susannah Boersma | Apr 7, 2021 | Placeless
The sweater fulfilled my need for a constant hug, and I was begrudgingly ready to be still.
Selfish Nights
by Alex Johnson | Apr 5, 2021 | Placeless
On a deeper level, though, I sense that I don’t need to construct another obligation for myself.
Wash Day, circa 2021; Or, Assorted Thoughts I Express While Taking Care of My Hair on a Sunday Afternoon
by Comfort Sampong | Apr 4, 2021 | Placeless
I send a quiet prayer of petition up for my sisters out there adding eggs to their hair routine: “May they remember to switch to the cold faucet.”
Meditations on Gratitude
by Ansley Kelly | Apr 3, 2021 | Placeless
I used to think that gratitude would rob me of joyful anticipation.
Fool’s Spring
by Cotter Koopman | Apr 2, 2021 | Placeless
Normalcy was on the horizon, but staying safe still meant never getting my hopes up.
Keep Your Friends Close
by Katerina Parsons | Apr 1, 2021 | Washington, D.C.
As much as we hope to find friends where we land, I wonder how many of us simply direct our energy into things we can better control.
Metepisteme: After Knowledge
by Sam Auyeung | Mar 30, 2021 | Placeless
Do I know the ends of what I know, and will my knowledge deliver or damn me?
Physically Me
by Rachel Lenko | Mar 29, 2021 | Placeless
As long as we’re on this earth, she and I are stuck together.
Monsters of the Night
by Jon Gorter | Mar 28, 2021 | Placeless
Part animal, part plant.
Of Monsters and Men
by Anna Jeffries | Mar 27, 2021 | Placeless
There is no loneliness like the loneliness in our own strangeness and darkness.
Bogeyman
by Annaka Koster | Mar 26, 2021 | Placeless
He lurks behind church ladies when they ask if I’m still single.
5 Mantras and 2 Gifs for Managing Perfectionism
by Katie Van Zanen | Mar 25, 2021 | Placeless
You are not helping by pretending you can do it if you can’t, Katie.
The Monsters We Create
by Joshua Polanski | Mar 24, 2021 | Placeless
The mosquito as monster highlights the threat to community that most predators lack.
A Monster in my Pocket
by Alex Westenbroek | Mar 23, 2021 | Placeless
What if we made monsters into adorable magic pets?
Monsters Under the Bed, and Other Fears
by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Mar 22, 2021 | Placeless
If imaginary monsters are scary, I can only imagine how they’ll feel about student loans someday.
How Not to Make a Monster: Mushrooms and Gothic Literature
by Emily Joy Stroble | Mar 21, 2021 | Placeless
How do we love monsters without perpetuating their monstrosity?
Gator Tales
by Chad Westra | Mar 20, 2021 | Florida
Have you ever had an amber alert go off on your phone at an inopportune moment?
Imposter
by Lillie Spackman | Mar 19, 2021 | Placeless
When I sat in my safety seminar for new hires, I was the one woman in a room of fifteen men.
So the Monster Will Not Break You
by Ben DeVries | Mar 18, 2021 | Placeless
I found that I could barely bring myself to open it. The thought of reading it just felt … wrong
The Lost Era of Hearts in Atlantis
by Laura Sheppard Song | Mar 17, 2021 | Placeless
Truth is relative, and there are monsters in the world that confuse what’s real and what’s good.
Nightmarish
by Kyric Koning | Mar 16, 2021 | Placeless
Behind me, twigs cracked.
The Monster Clocks In
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Mar 15, 2021 | Placeless
The disembodied voice on the end of the line is just doing its job.
We Don’t Owe Them Sh*t. Change My Mind
by Finnely King-Scoular | Mar 14, 2021 | Grand Rapids
You are so much more than a talking point.
The Monstrous World of Seashells
by Olivia Harre | Mar 13, 2021 | Placeless
It looks like a soft, harmless funnel, but there is no grace for the sea creature that gets too close.
