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  • Horizon: Accidentally Ecocritical

    Horizon: Accidentally Ecocritical

    Written by Jordan Coolbeth Art by Christopher Chapman *SPOILERS AHEAD* Imagine your favorite post-apocalyptic game. Fallout maybe? The Last of Us? The world is ending, people are dying, and you’re just trying to survive. Have you ever wondered what happens afterwards? When the threat is dealt with, the main characters are all safe, and the… Read more

  • My New England Life

    My New England Life

    Written by Avery Kelly Art by Lily Anderson When I look out the window in the classroom of my college, I think about the houses sitting in front of me. They’re laid out in some confusing grid that the Queen City decided years and years ago. Long before big trucks found themselves lodged between other… Read more

  • Untitled Poem

    Untitled Poem

    Written by Lily Anderson Art by Lily Anderson i lay on a heavy down comforter and thinkabout my animal bodyred lightly freckled nose,damp hair swirling around propped limbs,eyes sun-baked and redas the pink powdery sunset slowly dips and fades into gentle blues.my skin feels tight, salt puckering, gentle burn, tanned.i look back on pictures of… Read more

  • Protest

    Protest

    Written by M. Echols Art by Greta Scheff Note From the Editors:  The following account was submitted by a Champlain student who has assumed a pseudonym for their safety. This first-person account concerns the events of March 11, 2026, when ICE officers and various Vermont law enforcement agencies executed a raid on a residential home… Read more

  • A Graduate

    A Graduate

    Written by Ella Astbury Art by Greta Scheff We all know what’s to come. Not in terms of a real job, with real money, or a real apartment that isn’t partially funded by our parents. All of that still seems like too much to fathom. But we’re all prepared to feel a sense of ennui. … Read more

  • My Dried Fruit Tastes Like Pennies

    My Dried Fruit Tastes Like Pennies

    Written by Hunter Ramos Art by Lily Anderson When I leave my apartment, there are only four items I take with me, no matter where I am going: my phone, headphones, keys, and wallet. My wallet is a brown leather bifold with a custom-made Cthulhu engraving, designed by my wife, Yana. Cthulhu being a cosmic… Read more