Night Visitors by Brynna Foreman

 The air was filled with tension and the room was drenched in dark. The lamp had clicked to sleep at least an hour ago, their thoughts, however, had not. Within the confines of cardboard-thin apartment walls they had hurled insults, profanities, and accusations at each other, while the silent cringes of the neighbors went unseen. He couldn't even remember what they were arguing about in the first place. Money, jealousy, maybe even boredom had sparked the aggressive fire that had consumed them. And yet there they lay, in awkward silence, knowing but not acknowledging the others' sleeplessness too.

    Guilt sat between them, festering and wailing for recognition while pride perched on the bedpost, watching the scene with morbid fascination. The man resented them both and wrestled with them, but every time he thought he had won and he could open his mouth, sound couldn't quite make its way out.

November / December issue

Happy Holidays everyone! November/December issue is up. We have lots of work from returning artists, and some amazing new writing from member Thomas Myers. Check it out & have a good Break! We'll be back in January with our J-Term issue.

~The UAM

Read This, It's My Book ~ Brittany Fukushima

Glassblowing Created by Andrew Lupton

This collection of glass features a yellow bowl, a blue bottle, and a green cactus. The yellow bowl is a blown piece made by forming a bubble. The bubble is then opened up with a tong-like tool called “the Jacks”. Next, a cylindrical shape is formed from the open bubble. Finally, the top edge of the cylindrical-shaped piece is smoothed out and shaped with the Jacks to make a lip on the bowl. I like the way that the bowl looks like a bowler hat when it is placed upside-down; it brings an aspect of everyday life into the collection.

The blown vase was made with a light blue colored glass.  The lip and neck of the vase were smoothed down to their shape with newspaper and a wooden paddle. My favorite parts about this piece are the color and shape of it.

The final piece, the cactus, was made with green and clear glass. I created the texture of the cactus by sticking pieces of the glass into a mold. I like the cactus because it has a fun, unique feeling to it, and I like the ridges in the glass.
I am very pleased with the many characteristics of this collection. Enjoy!

-Andrew

Untitled ~ Jack Sampson

The Results are In... You Are the Father ~ Britanny Fukushima

Smoker ~ Dana Sofié

Painting Green ~ Dana Sofié

Not Quite A Bro ~ Brittany Fukushima

Maze ~ Walker Cisco

Maggie on Chair ~ Jack Sampson

LOVEgraffitti ~ Walker Cisco

Home City Ice at Marathon Gas ~ Dana Sofié

Eggshells in Compost ~ Dana Sofié

Dusk ~ Walker Cisco

Congealing Paint ~ Dana Sofié

Bullfight ~ Walker Cisco

Summer Haiku by Victoria Kreyden

The sweet scent of heat,

Glossing over sweaty skin—

Rush of summer days.

Detroit by Thomas Myers

Adolescent Anger with an eye for vandalism

Spraying war paint on sides of vacant buildings

Where Coke banners once were

But now the coke lines streets

Calling All Potter Fans!!- created by Anonymous.

"And they walked out to just outside of Hogwarts grounds, an enormous weight finally lifted off of their shoulders, only to be replaced by new ones, and Disapparated."

"... he held his free hand to his forehead, as if expecting some trace of pain to sear through that legendary but irksome lightning-bolt scar of his just like during last autumn when on the run, but nothing came"

"The next few days consisted primarily of Hermione beginning to pack and Harry and Kreacher brainstorming for their Yaxley-capturing plan. Ron, however, spent most of the day at Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, helping George get back into the swing of things (even something as successful as the joke shop had its pitfall during the past year), and most of the evening aiding Harry and Kreacher."

You can find more at this URL!: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5522782/1/The_bStory_b_bContinues_b_bPart_b_bOne_b_New_Beginnings