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“Check, Please!” by  Ngozi Ukazu

Eric Bittle, former Junior Figure Skating Champion and amateur baker, is starting college this year. Instead of figure skating, he’s joining up with the Samwell University hockey team, a big group of talented sports jocks led by Jack, the stoic team Captain who isn’t in the NFL solely because he skipped drafts for his mental […]

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“Is Love The Answer?” by Uta Isaki

Chika does not understand love. At least not in the sense other high schoolers seem to. She has never been in love or had a crush, and has no desire for any kind of romantic intimacy. Everyone tells her she just hasn’t met “the one,” but Chika isn’t sure that will ever happen. When Chika […]

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“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

Katniss Everdeen remembers what her father taught her. Hunt, hide, and don’t get caught. She’s been caring for her small family ever since he died in a mining accident and her mother fell into a catatonic depression. But no district child in Panem can hide from the Reaping, and this year her little sister Prim […]

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“The Autumnal” By Daniel Kraus

Kat Somerville never thought she’d come back to the small New England town where her estranged mother lived, but after her sudden death it turns out she left Kat the house in her will. Along with her young daughter, Sybil, Kat makes the move to Comfort Notch, New Hampshire, at first just to clear out […]

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“Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town”

It’s the holiday season once again, and that means it’s time to tell the story of the jolly red-clad gift-giver himself, Santa Claus! Set in the old town of Sombertown, “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” gives us a peak at ol’ Kris Kringle’s humble beginnings. A humble toymaker and his family work to bring […]

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“Skinamarink” Written and Directed by Kyle Edward Ball

Siblings Kaylee and Kevin are regular kids, living with their single dad. But when they wake up one night to find all the doors and windows in their house gone and that their father has disappeared, the two struggle to make it through the night by themselves while the force that manipulates their home starts […]

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“Gideon Falls” Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino

Something strange is happening in Gideon Falls. When a local folk legend, The Black Barn, starts appearing in the middle of the fields during a string of mysterious deaths and murders, the local priest is left scrambling at his new post to figure out what is causing this path of carnage. Meanwhile, a man whose […]

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“The September House” by Carissa Orlando

Most people might be put off by the ghosts living in their house, but Margaret is not most people. She is patient, she knows the rules, and she will not let a little disembodied screaming chase her out of her dream home. Sure, some of the ghosts bite, and yes the walls bleed horrendously every […]

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“Wren Martin Ruins It All” By Amanda DeWitt

There are two things that Wren Martin hates more than anything: The Valentine’s Day Dance at Rapture High, and his Student Council Vice President, Leo Reyes. When Wren becomes Student Council President (by a technicality, but that’s not important) he’s determined to make the school better by doing away with the Dance and using the […]