Katie Brown
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Bethel Creatives, no. 16: Katie Bracey
Interview conducted by Katie Brown in the The Crossings’s series on creativity and diversity within Bethel University’s student body. The...
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Myka Ellenwood
Dec 11, 20194 min read
Leaving
The darkness seemed to swallow the small amount of light cast from the headlights. Louise felt tears starting to well up in her eyes. She...
Clay Sidenbender
Dec 9, 20197 min read
The Inhuman Exchange
“Will the world ever forgive us for what we’ve done?” John Pendleton wondered aloud, his voice cutting through the howling wind. No one,...
Madison Van Dyk
Dec 4, 20195 min read
Through the Storm
It was 10pm on Wednesday, July 11th; I felt Ruth’s hand tightly interlocked with mine as the large drops of rain drenched our bodies. My...
Madison Dykes
Nov 27, 20199 min read
A Break in the Horizon
There’s a darkness looming over me. And like a thief in the night it comes to take the very breath from my lungs, the sparkle in my eye,...
Autumn Owens
Nov 25, 20191 min read
Regrets of a Survivor
I’m sorry I never held your hand when we were huddled in the bomb shelter. I’m sorry that as the toxins filled the air and the ceiling...
Myka Ellenwood
Nov 20, 20196 min read
The Last Time Hopper
I sit at the air café. The only place in town for teens to hang out without the need for respirators. I watch the others talk and laugh...
Gabrielle Swartzentruber
Nov 13, 201911 min read
The Dark Side of the Hidden World
The spears pierced the sky like a thousand deadly sewing needles stitching the fabric of war. The thundering of the cannons shook the...
Sumer Schindler
Oct 7, 20197 min read
My Cancerized Future
It's funny how one views their life. Always pushing things off “until later,” after all, I’ve got all the time in the world. There’s this...
Emily Oliver
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Rock-Paper-Scissors
It was the highest stakes game of rock-paper-scissors ever played. People asked for years to come why Wallace would ever bet so much on...
Stephanie Hickner
Sep 24, 20198 min read
Cleanse
Not all rainy days are riddled with bad luck. More often than not, I will tread through a dreary, wet, Thursday, feeling as if the...
Emily Oliver
Sep 17, 20192 min read
What I Saw in the Window
I’ve been told I’m paranoid. I mean, not that I’m told much of anything anymore. That’s just another beautiful result of moving to the...
Nicholas Weimer
Sep 17, 20199 min read
Night Swim
I glanced down into the reflection of the evening-sky over the still waters. I watched the small wakes, created by my quiet splashing...
Autumn Owens
Dec 5, 20183 min read
Gone
Words and yogurt slop out of my slack mouth. Caregivers with phony smiles touch my wrinkled skin and act like they know better than me....
Bryce Yoder
Nov 28, 201810 min read
Birth of a Memory Theorist
Avery didn’t remember passing out. He didn’t remember losing consciousness or where he was when he did. When Avery woke up in a small...
Brianne Larson
Dec 27, 20174 min read
A Day
8:01 My alarm is still buzzing causing the vibrations to alert me that another day is beginning. 8:32 I choose to hit the snooze button...
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