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By Mykhia Thorpe, Virginia State University Kioni wound the gauze tight around her knuckles, flexing her fingers to ensure the wrappings...

By Ezra Finn, Virginia State University Photo 6635851 © Tombaky | Dreamstime.com October 12, 2017. So I’ve decided to start keeping a...

By Artis Jenkins, Virginia State University Photo 149047289 | Abandoned Office Building © Emanuele Ripamonti | Dreamstime.com At 1:27 AM,...

By Janise Johnson, Virginia State University Photo 82322765 © Sergii Gnatiuk | Dreamstime.com There you go again, just like before...

By Aniyah Barnette, Virginia State University Photo 170305092 © Zeljko Vranjkovic | Dreamstime.com Beep, Beep, Beep. Gwendolyn Stitch...

By Mystique Meredith, Virginia State University Photo 194609647 © Florin Lupsa | Dreamstime.com I sit in a dimly lit boudoir, as "Feeling...

By Mystique Meredith, Virginia State University I am Matthew Payne, an Anglo Saxon from millennia ago. Standing at a modest six foot, two...

By Mystique Meredith, Virginia State University Photo 173658006 © Liudmyla Ivashchenko | Dreamstime.com “Good morning.” I stir awake,...

By Samaria Rountree, Virginia State University First Place Winner, Fiction, 2022 VSU English Department Writing Contest Everyone was busy...

By Hamilton Winstead, Virginia State University Her only wish was that her body could be the same as those around her. When she was a...

By France Archange, Oakwood University A response to Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” Tuck your shirt in your pants when going to school; always...

By France Archange, Oakwood University Every morning was the same; he woke up and sat on his bed for an hour and a half; he didn’t care...

By Aerin Cuff, Virginia State University Second Place Winner, Fiction, 2022 VSU English Department Writing Contest Knock. Knock. Knock....

By Armani Callands, Virginia State University You see, I got kidnapped tonight. By a cult. But they have no idea who I really am. So,...

By TiShay Ferrell Short Fiction Winner, 2021 VSU Student Writing Contest It’s tug of war between my sweet tooth and I sometimes. Most of...

By Sherena Willford [TW// Mentions of being su*c*dal, r*pe, and depression] The Northmen are all standing and sitting together in the...

By Aerin Cuff Hero and Villain. Villain wants power and loves destruction. Hero wants peace and loves tranquility. Hero and Villain...

By Desiree Carrizosa [TW// SA, r*pe] The mud beneath her feet squished between her toes. Her chanclas stuck to the mud like suction cups...

By Chidubem Ntiwunka-Ifeanyi The clouds had turned dark as they always did before the downpour came down, slowly shadowing the three...

by Dillon Armstrong Short Fiction Winner, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest I don’t have to do this. This isn’t how it has to be. I stare...