Issue II (2024)
Poetry
"Embracing Tomorrow’s Page" by Morgan Parsons
"Juno, Arden, and Mona" by Vanessa Cunningham
"I Almost Forgot to Say" by K. Hardt
"Meet Me at the Motel" by Sam Cox
"A Ton of Men to Meet and Mate" by Sam Cox
"The Lonely Flower" by Sam Cox
"What You and I Want" by Liv Leemon
Fiction
"The Calm Before" by Kameron Tharp
"Today Would Be a Good Day" by Kameron Tharp
"A Book from My Mother" by Jaylon Handley
"Behind the Basement Door" by Sam Cox
"Sweet Little Houseplant" by Kylee Hardt
Nonfiction
"The Prescription" by Kameron Tharp
"A Collection of Kisses" by Anonymous
"Sitting in My Car" by Jaylon Handley
"Me and My Many Rooms" by Jaylon Handley
Drama
"The Darkness Belongs to the Past" by Sam Cox
Visual Artists
Masthead
The Lodge Editors 2024
Liv Leemon (she/her) is an art/tentative music double major and creative writing minor. She is involved in the art program, choir, theater, style and fashion club, and cross-country. She’s delighted by poetry, singing, plants, thrifting, and her dogs, Reggie and Gizmo
K. Hardt (she/her) is a senior double majoring in English literature and creative writing. She enjoys photography, traveling, and horror movies. Her favorite genres of writing are poetry and nonfiction, and her favorite book is Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison.
Kameron Tharp (he/him) is a sophomore creative writer at Blackburn College with a minor in justice administration. He enjoys watching and studying films. He also enjoys nature, hiking, and mountain climbing. He’s also visited over a dozen lighthouses across the country!
Belle Lansaw (they/them) is a sophomore and a graphic design major. They hope to further their education after Blackburn and aim for a career that is based around art. They love snakes, frogs, birds, and their lovely pampered cats. They enjoy listening to a variety of music, but their favorite genres are hyperpop, indie, K-pop, Japanese city pop, and 80’s classic rock.
Anderson A. Tavares-Garcia (he/him) is from San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is currently in his junior year and majoring in communications. Initially, he was majoring in creative writing, theater, and graphic design. Still, as a result of the years he would spend in school if he triple-majored, he instead decided to major in communications, a major that encompasses all of the three majors above. While in high school, he developed an interest in film and graphic novels, hence why he was triple majoring. His goal is to one day be able to write, direct, or participate in the creation of a major motion picture.
Nicky Valverde (they/them) is a senior majoring in creative writing, specializing in speculative fiction, and double minoring in communications and gender & sexuality. They are currently finishing their short collection of monster stories with a twist. In their free time, they enjoy reading disturbing horror and watching analysis videos on all sort of weird topics.
Elio (they/them) is a sophomore graphic design major with a double minor in business communications and art history. When they graduate, they plan on pursuing a master’s degree in library sciences, with a career path of being either a museum librarian or a higher education librarian. They are a huge fan of horror, the whimsical, and weirdcore genres. They enjoy playing video games, making art, reading, and taking .5 photos of their cat in their free time.
A. Ward (he/him) is a graphic design major minoring in psychology and creative writing. He is a photographer, primarily of things that can’t run out of frame, and is caught in a never-ending cycle of writing, burnout, then writing again.
Sydney Bray (she/they) is a graphic design major with a double minor in gender & sexuality studies and studio art. She enjoys making art, consuming art, and learning about art history. She loves dogs and has two corgis.
Illustrators
Janelle Naumann (she/her) is a sophomore majoring in Studio Art and a passionate soccer player. Beyond the field and the canvas, she finds joy in renovating houses, with plans to continue this pursuit post-college. Her creativity extends to crafting whimsical robot sculptures from found objects, turning what others discard into art.
Brooke Naumann (she/her) is a sophomore at Blackburn College studying art and minoring in graphic design and marketing communications. She loves drawing, especially with her dog by her side, and plans on becoming an Orton-Gillingham dyslexia specialist while pursuing a career in children's book illustration.
Mark Richardson (he/him) is a senior computer science major with a minor in graphic design. After graduating, he plans to try to get a job in the games industry. He likes doing collage art in Photoshop about weird/creepy things or stuff with animals.
