The Kraken's Spire Literary Magazine (Volume 1)

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The Waiting RoomCasey FinleyBRIGHT LIGHTS. ALWAYS with the bright lights. Fluorescent light bulbshummed softly through the room, stirring Riley’s focus back to attention. Sherealized she was sitting on a firm, wooden bench and directly in front of herwas a sturdy looking blue door with a gargantuan neon sign next to it. The signblinked ‘THE REAPER WILL NOW SEE JOHN HUMBOLDT’ in rhythmicfashion, as if it were in time to some silent beat that only it could hear. A clickresounded through the room. The door unlocked. A man on the opposite sideof the bench stood with a whimper before he began walking towards the door.Riley could hear muttering. It was only then she noticed the other people sittingaround her, each one occupying a space in her mind upon recognition from hereyes. There were people of all walks of life here. Some from faraway placesshe had never heard of, others from right down the road. Why, she noticed Mr.Terry sitting just a few spaces from her! She contemplated waving to attracthis attention, but Mr. Terry refused to remove his gaze from the spot in whichhe had planted his feet. The man who had stood moments before shuffledthrough the door, letting out cries of horror as the metallic behemoth walling28
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Page 6 and 7: PhotographsNorth Carolina DuskLouis
Page 8 and 9: Essays1
Page 10 and 11: Another big divide is being able to
Page 12 and 13: Poetry5
Page 14 and 15: Waking up wishing it was just a dre
Page 16 and 17: Here for an example and to sample t
Page 18 and 19: Now where is the river to wash off
Page 20 and 21: So we dive in.It’s a year down th
Page 22 and 23: It maddens the brightest of stars.I
Page 24 and 25: its steady gaze to the wild one.sol
Page 26 and 27: Monday MartyrsKalah McLaughlinThe p
Page 28 and 29: The ArtistKalah McLaughlinWhen we f
Page 30 and 31: Instance of Human NatureTiana Ville
Page 32 and 33: North Carolina DuskLouis Kattenfeld
Page 36 and 37: this room from the next closed itse
Page 38 and 39: SEE RILEY EVELYN’ flashed like a
Page 40 and 41: Riley panicked. “Please don’t s
Page 42 and 43: minister of Great Britain. But it w
Page 44 and 45: mowers, the comical sheers that loo
Page 46 and 47: Ignacio shouldered the hose. “It
Page 48 and 49: Christmas in May! A gift for myself
Page 50 and 51: IVTHEY RAN. STAMPEDING down the eve
Page 52 and 53: A MomentEmily WaltersSHE IS SITTING
Page 54 and 55: She forces a smile and a quick nod,
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