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  A Plague of Frogs by William Souder

  By Loreena S., Andover, MN

  In A Plague of Frogs, William Souder confronts an ecological emergency from both a scientific and a political perspective. He demonstrates the complexity of solving any environmental problem through personal accounts with the scientists and government agency workers involved. A Plague of Frogs is a ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Heavy is the Cloak

  By Loreena S., Andover, MN

  Heavy is the cloak I wear when you go. You drape it over my shoulders, a promise not to forget you. Some days it rides on your breath from mumbled I love yous over the phone. Some days it crushes my own breath from my lungs. In bed late at night I touch the space where you lay and ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  when it's early

  By Loreena S., Andover, MN

  when it's early and the shades buzz like a thousand feisty hornets in a jar I forget about you. but when I squirm beneath sun-warmed sheets, a lioness in the grass yawning sleep from golden eyes I remember. later on while it's still early and the toast falls butter-side down the dog sn...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Like Falling

  By Loreena S., Andover, MN

  The night is all Anthony’s. I see him slouching against a wall, looking cool beneath the purple string lights taped up behind him. He’s watching Nate make an idiot of himself in front of Queen of the Ringlets with the white sequin top on. The poor kid twitches he’s so nervous and splatters pun...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Malibu Barbie

  By Loreena S., Andover, MN

  They tell you when to Get up, drag your scrawny half-starved limbs from the mattress. you're allowed a four hour recharging period between onslaughts of learning. They tell you how to Wear your makeup, define you by the thickness of your eyeliner, the coats of mascara you apply,...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Wasted Away

  By Loreena S., Andover, MN

  She’s never been this cold before. Not the type of cold that aches in your feet and causes convulsions in your jaw; the type of cold that jams up your mind, like a song set on repeat with no power or volume dial to make it stop. Really cold. She twists in her sheets, one hand making its way ...