• Hello World, Meet Jess

    By Jessica Spoto I don’t feel “good.” I don’t ever think I felt “good.” Nights are the worst. Alone, in my apartment, crying, feeling worthless. Just contemplating the day and what I Read more

  • What If…

    By Lloyd Metcalf “What if” is a powerful statement and question. What if you won the lottery tomorrow? We all ask ourselves this question and daydream about the things we would do Read more

  • The Importance of Having an Open Mind

    By Cat Davis I tried to explain to a friend recently my view that we are all fishes in the ocean with our own secluded bubble that is our home. That secluded Read more

  • Feast of the Lycanthrope

    by Rebecca Dow Vibrant eye of heaven’s shade Silent calls from lofty high; Where go tawny fawn this night? Who paints birch so deeply wine? Limping, back arched in her way Accursed Read more

  • Poetic License!

    By Rebecca Dow Bonjour, my literary nerdlets! Following the “spooky” theme foretold in The Beacon’s last issue, I have for you a very special poem by Edgar Allan Poe titled “Spirits of Read more

  • The Finisher

    The Finisher

    By Taylor Freeman Who is The Finisher, and why is he in the newspaper? Well, let me tell you about The Finisher and how he broke into my house one night. It Read more