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The voice of the students

The Catamount

The voice of the students

The Catamount

The voice of the students

The Catamount

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cherry blossoms

Wendy Brannon June 2, 2024

Petals on a cherry tree, small pinks and whites on slender stems, vanish soon after bloom into the wind. Petals, barely captured for more than a week, before they fall and brown and decay into...

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Liberty

Julia Watts May 17, 2024

  Is freedom eternal or ephemeral? Fleeting or forever? Perhaps it is not beginning  But has always been Never needed to start  Never shall reach an end    Is it wrong...

Lake Quinault, Washington, by Wendy Brannon

Creature of the Lake

Wendy Brannon May 10, 2024

Oh, dear Creature of the Lake,  I dropped a rock into your domain, as I stepped, and it disturbed your peaceful waters. Beloved, please don’t take revenge; no stern acts of vengeance, of you...

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The Peaceful Island of Nod

Joel Yang April 29, 2024

You open your eyes and see a bright, starry night sky. You are lying on a grassy field surrounded by blooming flowers, it looks like the beginning of spring.  Huh, this feels familiar. You’ve been...

Image Credit: Barry Roal Carlsen

ABYSSALIS Interviewed by Zuoren Aili for The Blue Straggler, 2097 [ABRIDGED]

Norma Lin March 27, 2024

  Twelve years after her fatal accident in Tor. X-9-140, █████ ████ shocks all of Juvia with a full recovery and re-debut as ABYSSALIS with the release of Atomic Automaton Heart,...

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Chaos Blade Files: N. America 1970s

Joel Yang January 18, 2024

In North America, deep under the earth, there is a ruined temple. In that temple, a Red Blade is stabbed into a pedestal, and behind that is a tunnel leading to many murals showcasing events in North American...

Art Credit: Wendy Brannon

The Incident

Wendy Brannon January 15, 2024

Image Credit: Karl Bimshas Consulting (https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/2019/02/foggy-forest/)

Forest of the Lost

Joel Yang January 15, 2024

A child absent-mindedly strolls through the foggy forest under the starry night sky. The child begins to slow down, eventually stops walking, and thinks: “Where am I?”.  The child looks around...

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