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Frederick Lantern

The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

"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
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
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
Eight Hours a Night
Eight Hours a Night
Amelie Baca, Fiction Contributor
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,

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” – Anton Chekhov

"The air is crisp, the nights are long, with winter's charms inside a song." (Bernhard Friess/Flickr)
Winter’s Talent
Julissa Mendez-Ramirez, Special Contributor

Winter comes with a gentle grace,


Snowflakes dance in a quiet space.


The world turns

Silver
Walter de la Mare, Special Contributor
Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery
11:11
11:11
Geoffrey Nutter, Special Contributor
Look, the moon is a perfect circle.

A circle itself is perfect.

Please don’t go behind the buildings yet again,

I have watched you all evening

I have compared my life to yours and found mine
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Bumpi
Bumpi
Rylee Lorimer, Special Contributor

In my nightmare, I see my grandpa standing there. Never blinking, never smiling, never breathing.


The Basement
The Basement
Jaden Onstott, Special Contributor

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

My Turn to Seek
My Turn to Seek
Ryah Cote, Special Contributor

It was a usual Thursday night of making dinner for the girls, assisting with the overwhelming amount of homework, and tied in with everything else the constant bickering between the two sisters.

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Coming Undone (May 2018)
Coming Undone (May 2018)
Dreaming In Darkness (Oct. 2017)
Dreaming In Darkness (Oct. 2017)