Festival Stories

By Mayaddah Abdullahi     We Won’t Forget  (Israel-Palestine conflict) Today we are vulnerable Today we were attacked Today our homes are war-torn, and stolen Today we hold another funeral Today we are dying one by one Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, children, and elders Killed without mercy And […]

By Makayla Swanson As I draw my bow ready to make my move on the unsuspecting doe, I can’t shake the feeling of a set of eyes on me. I shrug it off, but I can feel it watching from the shadows waiting to strike. Just […]

Join Shahd and Naomi as they interview Real Estate Agent Patty Neeson on the ins and outs of being an agent, homebuying, and selling.

By Katie Peterson The great gorgeous sun, so bright and yellow. I get so excited to see it rise from the dark  and shallow night. You are the heart of all this earth, you and your yellow ray of light.

By Parker Nutter The demon cowers with his midnight scleras becoming more and more visible, lips pulled back in fear, revealing rows upon rows of sharp teeth. The normally arrogant and ferocious creature was now in a state of pure terror. As my hand lowers itself […]

By Kaden MacLeish Words fail my graphite tongue and my spoken text when I think of you Because loving you is like loving a self proclaimed Lucifer  It gives you a sense of freedom and rebellion but convicts you to a prison of hate Loving you […]

By Sarrah Abdullahi They slither out in the quietest of nights; Whispering and cradling in the darkness. Only witnessed by; Lights of moon and stars, Shadows of houses and trees. Always listening; always watching. Keeping secrets buried within; Telling not a soul.

Down on his luck writer Wilbur finds himself face with trials of reviving himself while being “guided” by influencer grim reaper Gigi

By: Kaleigh King Melissa: the famous 24 year old lawyer that has no recollection of her parents or her past. There is one thing however that nobody knows… she is special. Her days as a lawyer have gone swift and smoothly.  However, one day that all […]

By Mason Borchardt November. Lure me into the deep, pathless woods.  Let me stir up the darkness with the soles of my feet  My head is cast iron, red-hot. Stifling.  Throw something in, see if it catches, cauterizes. I think I remember a story.  A lost […]

“When Calvin finds himself being hunted by a supernatural monster, his only hope is Fern, the seasoned monster hunter who is unable to feel fear.”

When his mom becomes sick with COVID, Wayne has to shoulder the responsibility of paying bills, working extra hours and taking care of his little brother to make ends meet.

When 4 friends get stuck in their favorite video game what will they do and how will they get home?

By Victor Lam Ever since the war began, the attitude of the land has changed. Going from full of dreams and wishes, to kill or be killed. Some opportunists have even begun building businesses off of that saying, ranking the best of the best assassins against […]

Argenta and the Conjurers by all the CWI Participants Smoke and tears blur her vision as the smell of the fire burns in front of her. Argenta watches through teary eyes as her mother’s ashes scatter around the burning stake. Panic fills the young girl’s chest […]

By Jayda Boutchee People are high people are low People know the feeling of being alone Feeling alone even when you’re with people  That is a feeling that sometimes has a sequel  You begin to lose people you know When this is something out of your […]

By Badrah Abdullahi “He didn’t have to lose his life…it didn’t have to be this way,” Richie’s mother sobbed. The other mourners nodded their heads as they wiped a few tears. It was the spring of 1965, and the funeral service was nothing you’d expect. Blacks […]