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The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

Frederick High’s literary magazine

Not Crazy

Not Crazy

Payton Torres, Special Contributor May 4, 2023

Who else sat here? What did they talk about?  “Anton…”  What was so screwed up about them, that they too had to sit here for over an hour?  “Antonyo.” Ugh…how much longer is this? I...

Banana Chase

Banana Chase

Jaden Onstott, Special Contributor April 27, 2023

The streets of Brazil with many tourists (people cutouts) where DONNA, a cop, watches the tourists and REGGY, a young adult wearing a coat hiding a stuff animal monkey and bananas, enters. REGGY: Okay,...

My Name Is. . .

My Name Is. . .

Micah Wittler, Special Contributor April 20, 2023

At opening, we see Clark behind the counter of the new Circle K. Clark is energetic and enthusiastic, in many ways seeming larger than life because of his huge animations. Enter a tired Munamis, trudging...

Don’t Worry

Don’t Worry

Azucena Carbajal-Tapia, Special Contributor April 13, 2023

“Hey, are you ready to go?” “Yeah, let me just grab my keys. Everything is in the car, right?” “Yes, I put everything in there, don't worry.” We jumped in the car and started driving off. “This...

Bumpi

Bumpi

Rylee Lorimer, Special Contributor April 6, 2023

In my nightmare, I see my grandpa standing there. Never blinking, never smiling, never breathing. Bumpi died when I was ten. It was the first death of a loved one that I experienced. I was his girl, and...

Our Colorful Tree

Our Colorful Tree

Azucena Carbajal-Tapia, Special Contributor March 30, 2023

As I sit here and write about a colorful tree,  I watch the leaves fall and think to myself,  this is the key.  The key to our memories,  the key to our families.    I see the beautiful...

Time Heals

Time Heals

Ella Haas, Special Contributor March 23, 2023

6 AM is when you first wake up.  When you don’t know yet or don’t even care what the day is going to bring. This is when you two meet for the first time. You feel refreshing feelings of love and...

From the Deep

From the Deep

Oliva Ray, Special Contributor March 16, 2023

“SOS” Zoe sketched in the stand with a stick that had fallen from the trees. Valerie rolled her eyes at her sister. The two were stuck at their grandma’s house on the coast of Rhode Island for the...

Finale

Finale

Jade Fender, Special Contributor March 9, 2023

I sat and watched in horror as the exterior of my home and the temple collapsed on itself. The air surrounding it was foggy with dust and ash, the bright orange flames of the fire consuming the buildings...

Cheater, Cheater, Silver-Eater

Cheater, Cheater, Silver-Eater

Kaydence Young, Special Contributor March 2, 2023

The sounds of growling and leaves crunching under feet are the only thing Amy could hear as she's running for her life in the dense forest. She searches around for any sign of a way to keep the beasts...

The Basement

The Basement

Jaden Onstott, Special Contributor February 23, 2023

My sister, twenty-something years old and a mother, lives here at my parent’s house with her husband and son. I believe it has been like this for maybe two years as I helped with my young nephew. And...

The Work We Do

The Work We Do

Nick Harding, Special Contributor February 16, 2023

It's what I need to do, This work that takes all day, It’s not a choice to be made.   I have a list of what is due. I put everything else away. It’s what I need to do.   All the effort...

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