Falling Leaves

This story is by Jordan Majka and was part of our 2017 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. In October, I received a call from the police after school. “Is this Margaret’s son?” I was asked, as I watched the crisp, multicolored raindrops dance towards the ground. Like the…

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Split

This story is by Jordan Majka and was part of our 2016 Winter Writing Contest. You can find all the Winter Writing Contest stories here. She held it up to the flickering lights in the muddy bathroom. Two, sharp red lines stuck out like goalposts behind an end-zone. She threw the device against the mirror…

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Paper Heart

by Jordan Majka It was 2 p.m. when Marton first realized it was gone.  There was no faint thumping.  No steady beat accompanied him in the campus library where he sat.  He paused from his reading, staring curiously around at the realization of unfamiliar silence.  He stood, staring down the line of mahogany cubicles searching for…

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