The Final Draft [2015]

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Digitized by the Internet Archive
2015
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https://archive.org/details/finaldraft2015durh
THE
FINAL
DRAFT
LITERARY JOURNAL
VOLUME 18, SPRING 2015
Editors
R. Grey Ludlum
Olivia Simpson
Jose Valle
Andrew McCrae
Shaun Terry
Advisors
Stephanie Whetstone
Jonathan Cook
Copyright © 2015
The Final Draft LiteraryJournal
Durham, North Carolina
The opinions expressed on the pages of The Final Draft are
UNDERSTOOD TO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THEIR CREATORS ONLY.
All material is Copyright © 2015 The Final Draft Literary
Journal. Unauthorized use is a violation of applicable
COPYRIGHT LAWS. COPYRIGHT REVERTS TO CONTRIBUTOR UPON
PUBLICATION.
The Final Draft LiteraryJournal is an annual publication.
The Final Draft LiteraryJournal gratefully
ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT OF THE DURHAM TECHNICAL
Community College Student Senate.
Cover art by Jose Valle
Creative Age (introductory poem) by Jose Valle
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Wordbyword,
Pagebypage;
Aworld created,
Creative age.
Wordsto please,
Disgust, enrage;
Feelings summoned,
Creativeage.
Discoverthekey,
Destroythe cage;
Wewelcomeyouto
our Creative Age.
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 8
R. Grey Ludlum
EDITOR PICKS 9
Final Draft Editors & Contributors
FLASHFICTIONFINALISTS 18
Various Contributors
THEHUNT (fiction piece) 22
Emma Stoumen
PASSINGSTRANGERS (fiction piece) 27
Sir Francis Dashwood
DAYTIMESLEEPWALKING (poem) 30
Shaun Terry
QUIETGIRL (poem) 32
Victoria Fong
LOVE (poem) 33
Christina Boyd
DROWNINGINSORROW (poem) 34
Victoria Fong
WOUNDED (fiction piece) 35
Bernard Liles
APARTMENT7E (fiction piece) 36
Christina Boyd
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HEALED (FICTION PIECE) 38
Bernard Liles
THEPLACE WHERE YOUARE (poem) 40
Shaun Terry
NIGHT TRAIN TO NORTH DAKOTA (poem) 42
Christian Gunn
KEEPHOLDING ON (poem) 43
Victoria Fong
AM
I THE (fiction piece) 45
Bernard Liles
COMPETITION (poem) 46
Khalif Ruebin
WAKE UP (poem) 46
Khalif Ruebin
HUNTED (fiction piece) 49
AndrewMcCrae
SECOND HEART (poem) 53
Olivia Simpson
SCORCH (FICTION PIECE) 54
Kira Freudenrich
FIGHTFREEFROMSIRENS (poem) 55
Shaun Terry
CRYFOR BATTLE (fiction piece) 58
Bernard Liles
FROSTBITTEN (poem) 60
Olivia Simpson
ALLTHESEASONSOFLIFE (poem) 61
Victoria Fong
S
MAGNOLIAS INA HURRICANE (fiction piece) 62
Shaun Terry
DECISIONS (fiction piece) 63
Steve Gill
DAUGTHER OF THEELEPHANTS (poem) 64
Olivia Simpson
PRAYERS (fiction piece) 66
Steve Gill
SECONDHAND (fiction piece) 69
Olivia Simpson
WEAVERSTREETMARKET (poem) 70
Will Goldsmith
AMONG CRICKETSAND UNDERSTARS (fiction piece) 71
Victoria Fong
THESILVERBOX (poem) 76
Toni Brown
TO BELOSING; TO BELOST (poem) 78
Shaun Terry
DON'TGO (rap) 80
James Barrow
BESTLOVESONG EVER (poem) 84
Jay Sartor
AN UNRECOGNIZABLEMESSIAH (fiction piece) 85
Shaun Terry
Art pieces by Eric Hill, Emma Stoumen, Jonathan
J.
Hartman, Britney Balmer, and Bernard Liles found
THROUGHOUT THE PUBLICATION.
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INTRODUCTION
Everyyear TheFinalDraftisgiven submissions. These arethevoicesun-
heard, unseen orunwritten that nowhaveachanceto makethemselvesknown.
Theiruniqueness shines and thepurposeoftheirwordsbecomeprofound,
meaningful. Thevast wealth ofcreativitythat springs from the pageswithin, the
livesitcontains speakto ourreaders. So asyouwanderthrough thelives setforth
upon these pages, please exploretheir stories. Letyourselfbe envelopedbytheir
fountain ofideasand views, let theirwordsswayyourheart forjust alittlewhile.
Becausetheyhave ours, and I personallycannotbe anyprouderofthe submis-
sions and thestaffthat shaped TheFinalDraftthisyear.
~ R. Grey Ludlum
FinalDraftEditor, 2014-2015
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