Winter 2024
Exits
Ryan Morton There’s a doorway. You know it’s the last time. Standing next to family, For-sale sign Long-stabbed. Brave faces everyone, Try to smile. Show some teeth. Seal the garage You once dreamt of Filling with fumes. Draw in a deep breath, Take it all: How the apple tree has not known New fruit for… Read More Exits
Sliver of Vanity
Jessica Vallan Jessica Vallan is a fourth year RTVF & ATP student from Oakland, CA. Her work is born out of her fears of forgetting and being forgotten, and she wonders just how long Vienna will actually wait.
Bayshore Boulevard
Ava Paulsen “So here we have our watermelon.” In front of Dr. Thomas Stevens sits a swollen, green watermelon. The top has been cut so it’s flat, and the bottom is leveled off as well, so it can sit on the table without rolling. “Now, if I were to place this metal block on top,”… Read More Bayshore Boulevard
Swimming in Lake Michigan
Elysia Lopez The winter sunlight dimples silky waves, Its polka dots of white on satin blue. I wear the glittered garment, let it save My mind for muted hums and thoughts anew. The sky begins at earth’s horizon line, Or at my steadfast lips, my breath a cloud – It’s one, the sky and sea… Read More Swimming in Lake Michigan
Reflecting
Adelaide Ray Young Adelaide Ray Young is a senior Theatre major from Colorado. She is a screenwriter, director, and actress interested in research based screenwriting and the overlap of psychology and film. Her project “With Bird” is sponsored by The Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab for the Promotion of Mental Health via Cinematic Arts.
Table of Contents
Reflecting Adelaide Ray Young Swimming in Lake Michigan Elysia Lopez Bayshore Boulevard Ava Paulsen Sliver of Vanity Jessica Vallan Exits Ryan Morton wrestling wind Kaitlyn Hung Untitled Elsie Hayduk and on that day Atarah Israel A Civilised People Olivia Mofus Bargaining Maelea Tan Enoch Sees the Light in His Final Testimony Elijah Elvin Patron Saint… Read More Table of Contents
Editor’s Note
For over forty years, Helicon Literary and Arts Magazine has celebrated Northwestern’s undergraduate artists, writers, and poets, publishing a plethora of works that delve into journeys of self-discovery, daring adventures, contemplative soliloquies, absurdist and esoteric ruminations, and more. In the pieces you are about to read, you will find all of these experiences, as well… Read More Editor’s Note
