By Mikey Vasquez Galveston is an unforgiving city. Not unlike others, but it’s got the best of the best and the worst of the worst. My mom says we live here because of “culture” and “opportunities,” but I really just love the beach. We lived pretty far from it, but...
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By Paloma Swick I walked into a bedroom decorated with pink color and I felt tears coming into my eyes. Wait.. I didn’t want to cry, something like that would be pretty pathetic. It was just, something special was coming to an end soon and I did not want to...
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By Amira Ramirez In 1906 an earthquake hit San Francisco, the earthquake ruined hundreds and thousands of dollars worth of buildings. Then a fire followed up after the earthquake that damaged millions of dollars worth of property. San Francisco was ruined, there was nothing that remained other than some of...
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By Alizabeth Meadows The sun sets low over the mountains, making the sky a beautiful array of colors, of orange, pink, red, and blue. A few soft gray clouds slowly make their journey across the sky, seemingly joyful about it. The sun slowly sinks lower and lower until it cannot...
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By Alisha Lopez If you’ve wandered long enough beyond the waking world, you’ll eventually reach the hills of Vendettasylva. My boots were ruined by the time the hills of Vendettasylva finally rose out of the mist. They call it a hideaway, but the silence there feels heavy, like a held...
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By Makenna Lewis A Golden Shovel after “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson What — the Magic Library? Well, I’m — I’m sure you’ve heard, but then nobody Really has. Maybe we should ask who . . . Who cares about it? What are — Books — anyway?...
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