Don’t Forget to Turn Off the Light

04/15/2026 /  Stephanie Oehler

For nineteen years, Emery Stephens lived with his beloved wife, Daisy. They met in college and majored in vastly different fields: Emery majored in engineering, and Daisy majored in art. Like their career interests, they had significantly different...

A Sailor’s Ode

04/06/2026 /  Stephanie Oehler

Reveille, Reveille: booter, get out of your rack. All hands on deck.

Stare Down

03/26/2026 /  Jennifer Barret

ugust 1984 rural Wyoming; my pregnant mother rode a Honda motorcycle to the night shift at a local 7-11. I was born a week later. I watched my father tame and gain the trust of the most unholy beasts. I was blessed with the most adventurous parents,...

Dying to Meet You

03/11/2026 /  Kelsey Cooper

"Hey hon, why don’t you head home? I can get these last two bodies tonight. You have a family to go to,” Lafayette told her orderly, “It’s Thanksgiving, Mark.”

Teacup

03/09/2026 /  Vivian Campbell

The hot water drips its gentle song into the old teacup,

Black History Month: Black Panthers

02/26/2026 /  Cera "Percy” Pearson

I sat down to interview Dr. Christopher Esing, historian and Western’s very own history professor, about the Black Panther Party for Self Defense (Black Panther). A paramilitary group, the Black Panthers emerged during the Black Power Movement...