Archived Issue Featured From the 1995 edition of The Muse: Coming of Age I heard a child ask his father, “Daddy, what is true?” “My son,” the father answered, “I can certainly tell you. I know all the rules of life. In fact, a few I’ve made my own. All the limits are defined. All the variables are known. Yes, there are
Archived Issue Featured From the 1996 edition of The Muse: Excerpts from a journal Wednesday, January 17, 1996 I suddenly feel uninspired. We had chapel tonight and I really enjoyed myself. I just got that feeling. It’s hard to describe, and unfortunately, it never seems to last long in me. A feeling of wholeness and purpose fills me. I know I can do
Fall 2024 From The 2016 Edition of The Waldorf Literary Review: Cavity The puppy was dead. She just knew he couldn’t be resting. Cati had been sitting in the dentist chair staring out the window. The window was an attempt to provide a source of distraction from the buzz of the drills, but Cati wasn’t subdued by the view of
Prose Uneven by Tanner Smith It was just getting dark when I grabbed a bottle of Guinness from the fridge in the garage. I’d been staring at a blank Word document for almost an hour and it only seemed to be getting warmer in my bedroom. When I returned with the beer, I brushed