

Table of Contents
CHILDREN’S SECTION
Michael Ayers
Why Are People Mean, I’ll Never Know..................................6
Brayden Surface
Cardinal........................................................................................7
Audrey Brown
Elizabeth.......................................................................................8
Bradford Hurt
Chosen..........................................................................................9
Carley Hurt
Flowers.........................................................................................11
Couper Mann
The Chaotic Time Machine.......................................................12
Goldie Richardson
The Drowning Detectives..........................................................14
Stephanie Shelton Pulten
The Alien Neighbors..................................................................16
Peyton Terry
The Tiny Diamond Ring...........................................................18
SHORT FICTION
Jara Armstrong
Crimson.......................................................................................22
Paula Beasley
The Leap!.....................................................................................24
Kansas Brooks
Running Wild.............................................................................25
Rebecca Edmonds
The Creature at Oakland School..............................................26
Stephen Hoyle
Una Taza de Té...........................................................................29
Gabriele Morgan
After the Storm...........................................................................30
Hasan Muzaffer
Karachi’s Consumed...................................................................32
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
Tresia Barnett
Morning on the Lake.................................................................36