The SMCC Beacon

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE by Dan Elliott I’ll admit it: I’m pretty old. I come from a bygone era; one where physical media came in cartridges, modern conveniences like Netflix and the internet were still seemingly light years away, and Amazon was simply just a rainforest that hadn’t been equal parts clear-cut and burned.… Read more

by Arden Goodwin If you’ve been to the Campus Center recently, you may have noticed a show of artwork done by none other than one of Southern Maine Community College’s self-made artists. Sarah Chadwick, on her second year of college here at SMCC, completed the concentration pieces displayed over the last summer as an independent… Read more

by Jessilyn Rich By the time golden rays began to crest the horizon I was the only one left on the docks. The crowds had trickled off, some returning to sleeping children nestled in their beds, completely unaware of the terror that floated on the crests of the waves; others returned to the warmth of… Read more

by Celina Simmons remember when we felt so close? the warmth that radiates from your home to mine made us feel as if we were one remember when we laughed like the young? the child within crept out to say hello wanting to stay and never go. remember when your heart owned mine? or mine… Read more