Category: Fiction
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All Aboard the Bus to Lübeck
Written by Mai Takahashi. Leaving his hometown for the city of Lübeck, a young man contemplates the journey that awaits him and the fifteenth-century artist who inspires him.
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Penelope
Writen by Hazel Atkinson. Known for her unwavering fidelity, Penelope did not lose hope that her husband, Odysseus, would return from the Trojan War, despite the decades that passed. This fictional piece relates the story through the eyes of the legendary Queen of Ithaca.
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Every Man needs a Perfect Wife
Written by Jenn Gosselin. Satirizing a 1956 article from Good Housekeeping, this piece of historical fiction speculates on how R.E. Dumas Milner may have expected women to behave.
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The Corn Idol
Written by Jenn Gosselin. This historical piece looks at the rituals surrounding agriculture in Latin America, examining the practices from the perspective of the Corn Idol.
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Helen Takes Stock
Written by Justin Biggi. “The etymology of her name is considered “uncertain”. Some would see it as a terrible thing. To not know where your name is from, to not be able to find roots in the soft earth. She finds it makes it easier to discover herself for her own sake.”
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Antony and Cleopatra
Written by Hazel Atkinson. “Here is how they say it began: a man, alone. Left waiting like a fool in an empty marketplace while the city emptied itself onto the riverbanks, desperate for a glimpse of her. She came to Caesar in secret, but for Antony she is all spectacle.”
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The Varian Disaster
Written by Jenn Gosselin. “The air stank and tasted of iron, both sword and blood. I remembered how the forest floor ran red with the life-giving liquid, painting the landscape as macabre rather than beautiful.”
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To War
Written by Jenn Gosselin. A boy approaches his father in front of the town church, only to see a side of his parents he rarely encounters. Why? Because a new war is beginning.
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