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She makes the tombstones smile and the graveyard whisper compliments. I’ve always tried asking them questions—“Is it something I should really be scared of? Is there really a God, or are these whispers ghosts or my mind? What’s the point?”—but she tends to just have chitchat. She’s always been better at chitchat. Photo used with permission from Leilani Gibbons.

Selfish God

Ashton Bruce, Staff Writer May 23, 2016

One of the differences between me and the person I love is that she has conversations with the sun and I have conversations with the graveyard outside my neighborhood. It makes for interesting chitchat....

This picture accurately depicts Nate Shinkle at his death bed during standardized testing; this is how all of us students feel as well.

Standardized Testing is Madness

Jade Flack, Staff Writer May 11, 2016

As a sophomore student, I think I speak for everyone when I say: testing is hell. During these last few weeks of 2015-2016 school year, we are bombarded with pointless and redundant projects, essays, EOCTs,...

Stars aren’t meant to be heard in the vacuum of space. They’re only meant to scream endlessly into the silent void.

An Infinite Cacophony of Light

Tinaye Gibbons, Staff Writer April 15, 2016

Stars are not meant to be heard. Endlessly floating, Surrounded by dust and emptiness With oblivion awaiting them. Stars speak their own language. Elegantly phrasing, Beckoned by thoughts and avidness With...

To the darling girls, the dearest of boys;  Hear now of the Fox, whose clock now stops
Because he was a monster, for it was he that destroys.

The Fox on the Rocks

Bim Peacock, Literature Editor March 24, 2016

The Fox strolled in, bound down by chain The rabbits and rats, thrushes and cats Cried high for blood, for such to fall like rain.   Slammed the gavel of stone, the Stag Magistrate “Silence...

Wraith of the Riverstone Reel

Wraith of the Riverstone Reel

Bim Peacock, Literature Editor January 14, 2016

Listen closely, dearest child, but surely not to me.  Listen to that breeze that blows every autumn from the hilltop, that catches your hat and plucks it from your feather hair.  It is not the wind that...

Drowning in depression…

Cynical Skin

Asja Walker, Staff Writer December 8, 2015

‘Everything will be fine’ That’s all they ever say The people who hold onto their flimsy beliefs That nothing is wrong with me I wish they could see who I really am Underneath my skin,...

Officers Norris Greenhouse Jr and Derrick Stafford have been charged with second-degree murder and attempted second degree murder after open firing on a car which housed a six year old boy and his father. There were two other officers on the scene who have not been charged.

Wrongful Death? How Long Will It Take to Uncover the Truth

Diana Rodgers, Web Editor December 1, 2015

A tragedy occurred on Tuesday night in Marksville, Louisiana. Police opened fire on the Mardis family car after chasing them for reasons that are currently unknown, which resulted in the death of six year...

 “And everyone is smiling for me. No one’s crying. Everything is black but not in a scary way.”
Photo used with permission from Leilani Gibbons.

Glow-in-the-Dark Stars

Ashton Bruce, Staff Writer October 20, 2015

My room is covered in glow-in-the-dark stars, and when I get scared of dying, I imagine myself being absorbed into a black hole and refuting existence. I imagine my body combusting into stardust so that...

Heaven may not be what many imagine it to be. We have to look farther

Path to Heaven

Jacob Blodgett, Staff Writer May 8, 2015

Heaven: a shining place full of wonder and light, where souls enjoy the afterlife in peace and happiness. Around the world, cultures speak about a “heaven” with great rewards. In most, eternal happiness...

The pit awaits, awash with flames and darkness. Watching and waiting to swallow sinners whole.

Journey Through the Underworld

Jacob Blodgett, Staff Writer May 5, 2015

The Underworld: a place of fire and brimstone where evil souls are thrown into its dark maw and punished for all eternity. Around the world, different cultures believe in different versions of the underworld...

The death of a friend can affect many. Especially when one was so young and had not truly lived. Those who knew her miss her deeply. I miss her.

The Funeral Diaries

Tiffany Lovell, Staff Writer March 24, 2015

Long Lost Friend Nothing but the images of flowers Dancing the tango in the wind and She visits here everyday. The newly grown grass produces a strong aroma Covering the Georgian clay that...

I find a place with a tree, and I forget about the car as I walk to it. I sit against it, feeling my shirt ride up against the stump as the bark clings to the fabric, and I close one of my eyes. Everything is clear. I close that one, and then I open the other, and everything is the same.

Something Felt, Not Explained

Ashton Bruce, Staff Writer March 20, 2015

My hand keeps dropping things. I remember when I first got my own apartment, and I remember how, every day when I got home from work, I’d shed off my jacket, and I remember feeling how it always felt...

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