by Sydney McDonald. First place in The Vandalia’s 2022 Art & Literature contest
Tag: Prose
Angel with a Big Mac
Nonfiction by Katelyn Wolfe
“With her last shreds of determination, Mary whizzed through the store, keeping tabs on the items left on her list, the weighted stares of strangers, and her son that fluctuated in and out of hysterics.”
On Top of the World
Nonfiction by Thomas Onks
“Wonder, for me at least, is an extinct emotion. I certainly feel excitement of course, maybe some joy, a dash of hype and anticipation, and, if the stars align and the moon turns blue and a porker decides to soar to where no pig has ever gone before, a singular drop of hope and optimism.”
Coffee
by Jacob Martin. Third place in The Vandalia’s 2022 Art & Literature contest
Echo
Fiction by Julia O’Neill
“Any noise made at this moment – from my own body, or a mysterious unknown that hides in the void – gets repeated and heard throughout the cavernous space.”
Chaos in Creativity
by Berlin Pruden. Second place in The Vandalia’s 2022 Art & Literature contest
Let There Be Monsters
Fiction by Robin Salisbury Belknap
“I prayed my father would wake up and stop her, but he didn’t move.”
Monster Caverns
Nonfiction by Kyle Dan’l Mills
“The sound is distant but recognizably enormous—the howl is primal and ancient. This is the voice of the abyss—the deep drawls of its breath pull heavy air past me.”
Lunar Lovers
Prose by Caity Sandy
“It feels as though this night was designed for my purpose; even the night air is holding its breath in anticipation.”
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