Monthly Archives: December 2009

Fall 2009 Staff

PJ German, Editor-in-Chief
PJ German, along with being the Editor in Chief, is also the President of the literary club, Swamp Scribes; Student Blogger for SCF’s website; and Teacher Assistant in the English lab. Outside of college, PJ is a freelance journalist for the North Port Sun and a leader in his church’s youth group. PJ [...]

Fall 2008 Fiction

Student Fiction
Desperate Measures
By Megan Neal
Kill Yourself
By Jennifer Williams
Perfect Heist
By Whitney Pemrick
MCC Faculty Fiction
Flasher Fiction
By Dr. Doug Ford, Associate Professor of English
Elektraphrog Staff Fiction
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
By Jonelle Cetin, Assistant Managerial Editor

Fall 2008 Poetry

Student Poetry
Blood Soldier
By Jennifer Williams
Brain Fuzz
By Nicole Badiali
Digging Deeper into Hell
By Jennifer Williams
I Am Alone
By Christy Speca
In the Life of a Tree
By Tatyana Sumakova
Just How Dangerous is an Open Heart?
By Coral La Rosa
Pen In Hand
By Theresa McMillan
Skipping Under Ladders
By Nicole Badiali
Storming Negativities
By Rebecca Varley
War
By Jennifer Williams
MCC Staff Poetry
October Chill
By Dr. Allen Culpepper, Associate Professor of [...]

Fall 2008 Staff

Christy Hicks: Managing Editor

Christy is a sophomore at MCC Venice. She will be getting her AA this December (08). Next semester, she will start at USF as a Literature major. She is an active member of Swamp Scribes, and is the president of the Progressive Club. Her hope is to be a college level English [...]

Fall 2008 Visual Arts

Student Visual Arts
91428

By Katherine Tjarks
Burnt Out

By Brett Marillier
Cracked Out

By Brett Marillier
Iron

By Katherine Tjarks
Mount Hood from Above

By Whitney Pemrick
My Son

By Glenda Barcome
Soul in Tree

By Glenda Barcome
Striking Parallels

By Brett Marillier
The Visitor in the Rose Garden

By Whitney Pemrick
Staff Visual Arts
Solitary

By Lynda Platone, Executive Assistant
Elektraphrog Visual Arts
The Flood

Hurry Through History

Think

By Jonelle Cetin, Assistant Managerial Editor

Fall 2008 1.1

Student
91428

Photography by Katherine Tjarks
Blood Soldier
Poem by Jennifer Williams
Brain Fuzz
Poem by Nicole Badiali
Burnt Out

Photography by Brett Marillier
Cracked Out

Photography by Brett Marillier
Desperate Measures
Fiction by Megan Neal
Digging Deeper into Hell
Poem by Jennifer Williams
I Am Alone
Poem by Christy Speca
In the Life of a Tree
Poem by Tatyana Sumakova
Iron

Photography by Katherine Tjarks
Just How Dangerous is an Open Heart?
Poem by Coral La [...]

Purged

2-3 Dave Matthews Band cd’s
1 boy
1 cancer
1 mom
1 girl
1 glass bottle of GHB, kept hidden in the bedroom
1 refillable bottle of morphine, prescription
alcohol to taste
1.)  To a sauté pan, add 1 cancer and 1 mom.  Sauté for a few years until mixture turns pallid.  Remove from heat and set aside.  (Note:  This will make the [...]

Special Recognition and Faculty Publications

Special Recognition
Warning Signs: A Paradelle
T. Allen Culpepper
Faculty Fiction
Picture Spot
Dr. Douglas Ford
Faculty Visual Arts
On the Laguna
Maria Spelleri

Editor Choices

P.J. German:
Poetry – ‘The Pillsbury Doughboy Can’t Giggle’ by Graydon Williams
Fiction/Nonfiction – ‘Rollbacks’ by Graydon Williams
Visual Arts – ‘Delicate Age’ by Kristin Rose LeMar
Danny:
Poetry – ‘Master of the Night’ by Aaron Rowand
Fiction/Nonfiction – ‘Failure is Not an Option’ by Steven Brown
Visual Arts – ‘Living Water’ by Andrew Colantuono
Michelle Papini:
Poetry - ‘The Pillsbury Doughboy Can’t Giggle’ by [...]

Space: The Finite Frontier

I stood on the bridge of my ship, The Katana, wondering what it was exactly that I had just witnessed.
“Go to stealth!” I yelled out. There was little time for wondering now. The explosion of our partner ship, The Air Cutter, was still plainly visible. Of course, the explosion had no sound. The view, however, [...]