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THE APPRENTICE WRITER Volume 30 $3 apprentice writer : 1 termination. While he listened to the con- better, the seats looked fake and uniform - Introduction Susquehanna’s creative writing major now en- Editor: GARY FINCKE versation between the adults, he scratched at just like the people. rolls 180 undergraduate students who are taught Welcome to the thirtieth issue of The Apprentice the red leather seat of the train. As he looked My grandfather believed that if you primarily by six widely-published writers. If you Writer, which annually features the best writing associate editors: at the scratches he made, he saw that the red looked good on the outside, you felt good are interested in learning more about the creative and illustrations from nearly 4,000 entries we re- TIM PIONteK plastic was really just a coating for the blue inside. My father has flipped that view: if writing major and programs related to writing ceive each year from secondary schools through- sponsored by the Writers Institute, see the back EMMA MCCLELLAND worn leather underneath. you feel good inside, it doesn’t matter how out the United States. Every September we send page for a summary or go to susqu.edu/writers DEBORAH GRAVINA He noticed, as the got off the train, each you look on the outside. He sings off key, copies printed as a public service by The Daily for details, person seemed to be subtly adjusting them- and dances along with moves from the 80’s. Item in Sunbury, PA to nearly 3,500 schools. A Sea of Tweed Production editor: selves. One would fix his tie, another tuck I see him leave the house almost every night Send material to be considered for next year’s Ap- Our established program in Editing and Pub- in his shirt; a woman corrected her lipstick to walk the dog. He wears pajama pants, old prentice Writer to Gary Fincke, Writers Institute ALISON ENZINNA lishing gives our creative writing majors an op- in her pocket mirror. At the time he did not Merrill’s and that day’s non-wrinkle button Director, 610 University Avenue, Susquehanna portunity to showcase what they have learned by Claire Sapan notice that few people were smiling. He down shirt, his hair flying this way and that. University, Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1164. Please working on one or more of the four magazines Special thanks to Codie Nevil-Sauers did not think about why he and his brother He is smiling. His smile makes the combi- include your name and address on each page. The New York, NY the Susquehanna University Writers Institute made this trip with his father each and every nation of the flannel P.J.’s and leather shoes deadline is March 1, 2013. publishes each year. year to the Princeton vs. Dartmouth game, almost fashionable. He buttoned his tweed jacket - the same filled with alumnae, when his father had not attended Princeton or any college. It did not poetry one he had worn for the past four years on Table of Contents this day. He put on his crisp khaki pants still cross his mind why his father, who grew up Whispering from warm from the iron. He straightened his Jewish and poor in Brooklyn, would dress in 3 Whispering from underwater, 38 On the Veracity of back, trying to look as tall and strong as pos- nearly perfect WASP uniform. underwater, prose I tell you of my drowning Peter Smog-Enhanced Sunsets sible but his twig-like arms and legs disap- Suddenly they came upon a huge grassy I tell you of my LaBerge Stephanie Guo field with the P engraved in the center. Like 3 A Sea of Tweed Claire Sapan 4 Grown Up Hayley Kolding peared in the sport coat, making him look 41 How I Learned Depression his hair, the grass was perfectly in place, with drowning 4 Gently, Intothe Night Irene Hsu 5 the Cyclist Elizabeth Bennett like a child playing dress up. His brother Kaitlyn Henderson not one blade sticking out. The color was 6 Gathering My Bones Zoe Jeka 8 A Sonnet for Iceland Joanne 43 Weeding Garth, whose muscles were clearly visible Peter LaBerge a perfect green, harsh and artificial looking Peter LaBerge 8 London Calling Nora Bryson Koong 44 Once I was Rapunzel through his clothing, stood for a moment grass that one sees only in the movies. His 10 The Woes of an Unconfident 9 Starfish Sonnet Grace Henderson Margo Gruenberg in the mirror, then returned to his standard Stamford, CT father walked in front as he and his brother Writer Leah Evert 9 Candy Necklace Hayley Kolding 48 The Dream Brittany Barnstead position on the couch in front of the TV. 12 Untitled Erin Conroy 9 Tunnels “Josh Wood”, a deep voice bellowed, “your took their regular seats. The rumbling of the Elizabeth Bennett 50 The Nuns of Trastevre Anne I want to be this sandbar— 14 So They Say, We’ve Got Things In 9 Aim Grace Henderson hair.” fans got louder and they cheered and chant- Thompson unremembered— Common Joshua Barber 11 Peach Melba Emily Masters 50 Your Heart A Perfect Globe His father, an advertising copywriter, had ed with the other 40,000 people. 17 Food for Thought Jared Benatar 12 Anatomy of a Snowflake Camille mastered the art of speaking in as few words I often ask my dad if my hair looks bad, or Clara Berkeley Back home, 18 Note to a Deteriorating Self Petersen 51 Mermaids Jessica Blau as possible, just enough to convey his point. if a scrape on my nose is visible. He responds I left the gas stove Charlene Francois 13 The Things I Will Never Tell My 51 Los Glaucos Stephanie Kraynak As instructed, he took the comb out of the the same way each time: “People are too heated, and the sink 21 The Billboard Leo Yu Mother Jessica Blau jar and poked at the straying hairs. His fa- worried about themselves to notice the flaws sipping love from 22 The God Particle Victoria White 13 Katerine Zoe Jeka ther’s hand, as large as the paw of a bear but in others. Don’t worry about it.” I believe 28 Untitled photography the faucet. Gabriella Costa 16 He’s come to thinking around nevertheless gentle, swept the comb away this is true. As I walk down the street, I never 31 Look Out, Jack Alaina Demopoulos the bend anymore Joshua Baber 7 Marialaina Nissenbaum and disappeared into another room. He re- notice someone’s bad hair day or someone’s 32 Admission Ashley Zhou 16 The Losing Game Sarah Mathews I left only ugly cups 19 Meghan Shea turned a few seconds later with hair cream scrape on their nose. Rather, I notice the ex- 35 Love All Hayley Kolding 17 Heretic Angela Sim in the kitchen for you— 22 Kendall Fawcett between the combs of the teeth. As he glided pression on their face: if they are happy, all 36 A Pet Store Christina Menniti 18 Anticipation Julia Xia the ones stained with 33 Kendall Fawcett it through his son’s hair, the fly away strands of their imperfections seem to fade away. 39 Of crabs and Anesthetic 20 First Shot Jonathan Esty saltwater and stars 35 Jennifer Wu fell obediently into place, forming a neat It is odd that my handsome and successful Nanditha Lakshmanan 20 Rainy Season Nicole Achempong from catching minnows 44 Shelby Wilcox side part. From upstairs his mother yelled grandfather would carry on this ritual, not 40 The Dead of Winter Emmie Atwood 20 Open Season Elizabeth Bennett at midnight. 51 Brittany Cho pretending that he had gone to Princeton, 41 The Wastelands of Womanhood 20 Wa k e Haeyeon Tina Cho in a deep, raspy voice that rang through the house, “Garth, I swear to God, I am going to just not making clear that he hadn’t. It seems Lisa Delao 23 Practice Jana Ruthberg Our bed is drowning cover David Yusufov throw that idiot box out the window”. to have taught my father a lesson. What- 44 Mom is making chicken potpie; 22 The Backseat is My Home When in sand and nightclothes, On that note, the three males left the ever you do, you should not worry about Someone must have died It’s Dark Adriana Van Manen but the curtains remain drawn— house for the train heading to New Jersey. At the opinion of others, because it can change Emily Masters 25 Untitled Ella Bishop-Heil you think I’m still in there, of course. 45 Pursuing an Erased Past 27 Gumamela sa Maliit na Paradiso Penn Station, the pungent smell of cologne you into a different person, and perhaps Sage Warner Eric Fernandez was overwhelming - people dressed in a sea not a better one. In trying to be someone Waiting to be claimed, 47 If we Die Tonight 30 Following Pauline Peter LaBerge of tweed were massing on the train platform. he wasn’t, my grandfather became like ev- I feel the ocean floor Erin Niederberger 34 Lungs Nicole Achempong On board, his father was talking to a man in ery other man on the train car. As my father drop into place— 49 The Tiny Lecture Waving 34 Sparse Stephanie Guo a tone he had never heard him use before - it scratched at the fake plastic covering the old Through The Tiny Galaxy 37 Color Emmie Atwood was the same low deep tone, but the usual original leather on the train, he realized that It seems I may have H.