Author: helicon
The Creature and Me
Natalie May Mississippi My mother’s stepmother points her wine-drunk gaze at my brother and me. “Your mother,” she begins, slurred but scripted, “is the best mother I’ve ever known. I was a shitty mom. But you guys–you guys have seen the world.” She’s not wrong. We’ve seen Canada, England, Scotland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain,… Read More The Creature and Me
unification captured
Kailey Morand In the portrait of their unification they stare stoically at Reverend Richard, iconized marrier of souls. It seems the left edge of Billie’s veil is lined with the white lace of my grandma’s favorite tablecloth. Maybe she was too busy pressing its fabric to go to her daughter’s wedding. At first glance I… Read More unification captured
Abstract Embroidery
Leila Chavez Leila Chavez is a first year Environmental Policy and Sociology student from Olympia, Washington. She has a passion for the outdoors and loves capturing nature through artwork.
The Advertisement
Grace Valaskovic Marjorie Ruben sat with her hands locked firmly in her lap, oscillating her weight from side to side. So tightly and unforgiving were her fingers grasping at each other that she began to lose blood flow; first the tips of her fingers turned purple, then the color spread until it reached the knuckle… Read More The Advertisement
Central Artery
Roy Zhu “I gazed up at the tall, gray, concrete wall and the ramp that ran along the top of it. The rubber tires of cars and trucks sped up the ramp and rumbled onto the Southeast Expressway. This wall cast a dark shadow over the edge of Hudson Street and over the remaining red… Read More Central Artery
Mt Tahoma
Leila Chavez Leila Chavez is a first year Environmental Policy and Sociology student from Olympia, Washington. She has a passion for the outdoors and loves capturing nature through artwork.
Breaking Ground
Kailey Morand On my first night, cramped in the abundance, I clash with the confines of two-foot tall sleeping quarters. Again confined to space nobody else wants. Trained to be small, I’m relentlessly successful. This travel trailer cannot hold a family of four, if you can call us that. My moms are living in a… Read More Breaking Ground
French Girl
Anna Tkebuchava Anna Tkebuchava is a sophomore in Weinberg studying Cognitive Science and minoring in physics.
Gardening
Natalie May You two look so alike. I glance at my mother and she glances at me, and we laugh because we’ve never seen it and never will. My mother is blonde hair and grey-blue eyes. She’s crossfit and book reviews and a bootstraps Southern outlook that slowly dwindles but never dies. Really, she’s home… Read More Gardening
jam sesh
Khyla Bussey My stomach had a belch full of negro tugging at my tongue With a story to tell from then, for now I freed ‘em with the breath of my clarinet The piano dissed the noise and would not play with me So my womb begat a cornet I held my… Read More jam sesh
