Author: Eric Ghelfi
Fire in a Barrel
We had everything we needed that night and it wasn’t the quarter oz. of weed in a small jar in Mike’s older brother’s backpack or the 24 pack of Coors Mike’s older brother got us from the Quikmart – we…
AN ODE TO SMOKING AND THE DEATH OF MY JOURNEY WITH IT
the first cigarette is lovely when you’re drunk, a new foreign thing, temptingly naughty and risky, pressed between your lips, in fumbling awkward fingers, harsh and unpleasant in your throat, in your lungs. you’re fifteen, a sophomore in high school,…
my subconscious is overly sentimental fuck you brain
last night i dreamed my first love was my last love and i didn’t feel the way it felt at 19 with the bitter used up emotions and the public stairs at 7 am maybe there was something purposeful in…
Featured Artist: Kate Burkhardt
Kate Burkhardt, a creative writing major at SOU, is our first featured artist. A fiction writer, poet, and photographer, her work pushes the boundaries in terms of subject matter without sacrificing an ounce in terms of lyricism and depth. See…
Bee
We’d brought everything we needed. The candles, the gloves, the bee and the bird catcher. We’d brought everything we needed but not everything we might need. No drugs, no therapist, no good way out. The gloves, of course, made it…
A Seussian Tale: An RSCL production in association with Coach’s Hause
Let me tell you a tale, let me tell you a tale Let me tell you a tale that’s as big as a whale Let me tell you the tale of the Dope Telescope The scope that is dope, and…
Roura
Once again, I feel Mr. Reners eyes on the back of my head as I fumble with my keys at the door to my apartment. I’ve always been able to tell when someone is staring at me. I think. Again,…
Calling All Writers (and Artists)
Hi SOU artists, I’m Eric Ghelfi, and I’ve recently begun working to integrate creative writing into our school paper, The Siskiyou. You may have seen me in class or running around town with our cross country team. In my spare…
Submission Guidelines
Deadlines: To publish in the Wednesday addition of the paper, you must submit to ghelfie@sou.edu by 11:59 PM on the previous Monday. We’ll consider late submissions for the next week. Deadlines by theme: Before submitting, please review the guidelines…