Creative Writing Blog

Navigating an online Carleton as an international student

My phone alarm rings at 5 a.m. I fumble in the dark for the snooze button. Swaddled in a thick blanket, I log onto...

Whimsical Merries of a Cynical Poet: A Poem

From the depths of my core  A few lines of poetry I bore  In the the barren soil of my mind  The last of my words I...

Never Hike Without Precaution: A Short Story

The large expanse of untouched boreal forest before Ashley was foreboding. Yet, the old provincial park map pinned on the right side of the...

Halloween 2020: A nightmare on COVID-19 street

The Halloween season has always been a time of excitement and thrill ever since I was little. Every year, my family and friends would...

Stressed, pressed, and put to the bungee-jumping test

I think I speak for everyone when I say 2020 has been a year like no other—especially for first-year university students like me. Beginning with...
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