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    Another
    Jewel Swe
    • Apr 25, 2019

    Another

    [Content Warnings: Self harm, blood, and physical abuse.] Rosanne has haunted eyes. She stares at the mirror. The mirror stares back. When she pulls stringy, black hair away from her forehead, an old, angry scar glowers above her brow. Her hand twitches. “You’ll be late for school!” her mother yells from the hallway. Rosanne snaps her hand away from her head reflexively. She curls her fist into her crisp uniform until the wrinkles are permanent. She exhales shakily and opens
    Placebos
    Sean Smilley
    • Apr 18, 2019

    Placebos

    [Content warnings for homophobia, racism, and transphobia] “Dad, do I have to take these?” I ask as I hold the bottle of pills in his face. “They always make me feel sick.” He doesn’t even look up from his phone to answer. Instead, he grabs at one of the newspapers sitting on the coffee table. It is a few weeks old, but it’s a prop that would do the trick. “I can’t believe that they let them get married,” he spits. “Now that they can marry who’s to stop more radical groups fr
    Scenes from a Funeral
    Leon Teller
    • Apr 13, 2019

    Scenes from a Funeral

    One day, Arthur was discovered dead. Arthur, the child who everybody despised. He had drowned in the little pond near the back of his house. He had somehow gotten out the window of his bedroom, gone down beyond the garden, and slipped past the screen of trees to the edge of the water. His father had happened to be in the area at the time, taking a walk. He had tried to revive the boy, but it was too late. A few minutes earlier, perhaps … but no. In sad resignation, he brought
    Book Review: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
    Sean Chapman
    • Apr 7, 2019

    Book Review: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

    Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda follows Simon Spier as he struggles with keeping his sexuality a secret while the one other person who knows, Martin Addison, is blackmailing him. In addition, he chats via email with another gay boy, who uses the pen-name ‘Blue’, with chapters being dedicated to these exchanges. This element brings a refreshing perspective and heavily contextualises the setting of the story. The young adult fiction grew in popularity after the release of its
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