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Ares’ Flame

There must lie a certain charm in war,some beauty in the bullets you hear.Elation in charging up a roar,a distinct joy in the enemy’s fear. Why else would man keep on fighting,drawn in as to a magnet’s pull?The god of war must be delighting,our bodies scattered lead-full. Yet I cannot spot that mystic allure,after my...

Fly High

We first began compiling our bucket list during the summer of seventh grade. The news of Copper’s incurable cancer had hit me like a freight train, but you always had the stronger mental fortitude, already dashing around the apartment looking for ways to cheer me up while I sniffled on the apartment floor. Copper circled...

Beauty in Insignificance (Daisy)

No crown of gleaming metal, no fence of sturdy brass.My home, my place to grow, is nestled in sidewalk grass.I sport no vibrant colors, nor am I large in size.I practically hear the other flowers wishing my demise. I admit that sometimes life feels tough, With meager petals of white.No red, no blue, no pink, no...

The Everyday Occurrences of a Stranded God

Semi-Finalist in the University of New Orleans Publishing Laboratory! Donnelius Conqaide is powerful. With strength so wildly overwhelming he is near invincible, he can virtually be considered a god. But all that changes after a single fantastical mishap, which sends him spiraling through space-time to the strange, unfamiliar world of Earth.

Purple

He had seen her in the flower shop, and had been captivated. Immediately, his reason for being in the flower shop no longer mattered to him, nor did the vibrant flowers clutched in his hand. All he knew in that moment was that he needed to approach her. A perfect stranger, with a slightly tilted...

Beauty and the Beast?

Adrian didn’t like middle school very much. The enormous blotchy birthmark, running down the left side of his face like some kind of blistering dark scar, certainly didn’t help his situation. That guy. Panda. Black-eye. Beast. Though they manifested themselves in different ways, the gathered negativity of the student body always seemed to center around...

One Shot

“Agent oh-four?” “Yes, sir.” That was his name, and so he stepped forward. But when he raised his gun to the struggling individual, for the first time, his finger hesitated above the trigger. Things were different, this time. Instead of a straw-stuffed dummy, a real person lay in his line of fire. A real, human...

Embers

I stare at the embers of my childhood, where emotions surged, where memories stood. The laughs of joy, the sun on my face, Charging down a beach for a race. The voices of my friends, beginning to tire, Huddled at night around a campfire. The beeps of my game, another victory, Yelling in triumph under the shade of a tree. I stare at...

Andy C. Ng

Author/Writer Andy Ng has published his poems and short stories in a series of writer’s magazines and has just completed his debut novel, which reached the semifinalist stage in the University of New Orleans Publishing Laboratory contest.

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