Issue 1 (2023)
Poetry
“Nature’s Quiet Secrets” by Savannah Branham
“Pinched Flesh” by Jordan Huxtable
“Elements of a Backroad” by Morgan Parsons
“Washed Up on the Shore” by Myra’Nesha McNeil
“Wilted Enclosure” by Nicky Valverde
Fiction
“A Halloween to Remember” by Jordan Huxtable
“Isle aux Morts” by Jay Handley
“Price of Fame” by Olivia Leemon
“Worst Roommate Ever!!” by Olivia Leemon
“Open Your Eyes” by Morgan Parsons
“He Broke Me” by Myra’Nesha McNeil
“Love, Your Selfish Best Friend” by Myra’Nesha McNeil
“The Winning Ticket” by Kameron Tharp
Nonfiction
“I Thought It Was Love” by Anonymous
"Elements of Who I Was and Who I Am" by Sakura Fagan
“The Things That Bug Me” by K. Hardt
“Homesick at Home” by Myra’Nesha McNeil
Drama
"The Night Before" by Sakura Fagan
“The Writer’s Ghost” by Jordan Huxtable
“House of Sins” by Wesley McMillen
"The Shadows" by Morgan Parsons
“Ghosts and Raccoons” by Nicky Valverde
Visual Artists
Masthead
The Lodge’s Founding Editors
Sam Cox (she/her) is a senior theater major and creative writing/graphic design minor who loves to write, act, draw, and sing.
K. Hardt (she/her) is a junior English major and creative writing minor. She enjoys reading and photography.
Wesley McMillen (he/him) is a senior creative writing major who is also the general manager. He wishes he had more time to write things.
Myra'Nesha McNeil (she/her) is a senior at Blackburn College majoring in creative writing and minoring in business management. She is proud to be from East St. Louis and wants to spread her love towards others.
Morgan Parsons (she/her) is a junior creative writing major and the Vice President of the Psi Chi Club.
Nicky Valverde (they/them) is a junior creative writer who likes fashion, teeth, analysis videos on horror, and anything that is mildly strange. Currently they are working on their seminar project of creating a short collection of sympathetic monster stories.
Illustrators
Alexis Drury (she/her) is a sophomore graphic design major who enjoys music of all kinds, fiction, cartoons, and comedy.
Rayne Heise (they/them) is a sophomore artist who likes any kind of art, video games, tattoos, photography, and animals, but mainly rabbits. Currently they are working on photography as their part-time hobby so they can learn many artistic ways for their future career. They are also fixing up their social media so they can share their tattoo designs and will eventually want to draw for many people who like or want A LOT of tattoos just like Rayne.
William Kaminski (he/him) is a senior game designer who likes playing and creating video games, drawing random things, and coming up with ideas to pursue. Currently, he is working on his senior seminar project creating a 2D Souls-like video game where he hopes to challenge the player.
Olivia (Liv) Leemon (she/her) is a sophomore art major and creative writing minor who adores plants, trinkets, funky patterns, and anything sappy or heart-wrenching. She loves writing poetry and painting with acrylic paints.
Cameron Shinall (he/him) is a senior graphic design major who likes fantasy stories, cosmic horror, and board games. Currently he is working on a board game heavily inspired by old mythologies.
