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Frederick Lantern

The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

Dead Line

Dead Line

Aden Montez, Staff Contributor October 31, 2025

So we were all at Kaia’s house dressed up like Alice in Wonderland: I was Alice (of course), Kaia was the Cheshire Cat, Bella was the White Rabbit, and Carly was the Queen of Hearts. We had just finished...

Long Live the Queen

Long Live the Queen

Annalee Johnson, Special Contributor October 31, 2025

The gym smelled like hairspray and cheap perfume. I coughed, momentarily overcome by the thick scent. I looked around: silver balloons shaped like crowns floated near the stage, and the lights hit...

The Silent Apocalypse

The Silent Apocalypse

Noah Wright, Special Contributor October 31, 2025

There was no time for anyone to prepare. In fact, it seemed like all of it happened all at once. In a split second, one third of the world’s population was gone.   How could 2.6 billion...

"The sound of my mother’s voice did not bring comfort to me; instead, this bad feeling grew... it was late, and my mother never cooked this late."

Mom?

Olyvia Carney, Magazine Editor October 31, 2024

There is something inside my house. It was late winter night. It was dark far too early this time of year, making me sleepy earlier, my brain thinking that it was closer to 9 p.m. at 7 p.m. It didn’t...

The Letters

The Letters

Sophia Wiegert, Special Contributor November 11, 2023

I can’t talk to my owner Ashley. She’s my best friend. She has pretty long blonde hair, pale skin, and brown eyes. But I can't talk to her -- all I can do is wag my tail and give her my puppy eyes...

Eight Hours a Night

Eight Hours a Night

Amelie Baca, Fiction Contributor October 31, 2023

I walk slowly down the street watching the house numbers get smaller and smaller until I can no longer see what they say. Each house is the same beige building with a large tree growing out front, its...

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...

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...