It is finally here! Submissions like rain mixed into a puddle, dripped into a stream, formed this year’s issue of Lycoming College’s Tributary. Rather than parse that expansive literary-sky, find your favorite (or soon-to-be-favorites) here in our collection of works. We thank you for your patronage and urge you to support our journal and futureContinue reading “Tributary 2022”
Category Archives: Lyco Issue 2022
Red Summer
Sarah Lanphear There’s an etching in the southern magnolia on the corner of Fourth and Mae, a scar hidden by flowers, sticks, and leaves on a branch just low enough, just within reach. The cut buried by men who know how to hide when they need to, who know to work by night. White hoodsContinue reading “Red Summer “
Residuum
Rylee Delaney Desolation follows a path of pickle jars past teacup vistas of watercolor clarity, through rum bottle forests, empty, to one too many towels, soiled and vacant, again.
Particle
Bianca Valentin
I am
Rylee Delaney They, myself not excluded, thought: but surely I am None, not one are the “other” The hurricanes, the earthquakes, several feet from the other All lusting, a storming desire to be the “other” Together, a collective petrified, shy, shying from the other Knowing, it’s possible, impossible, to beContinue reading “I am “
The Riverwalk
Sohini Mukherjee As the sun set by the Susquehanna riverwalk, the sky took a shade of orange, lively yet soul-soothing. The hills, newly clad in emerald, ripple like the sun rays on my caramel skin, whistling as I walk. The river’s wind pushes into my brown hair, sends me into a labyrinth of my fondestContinue reading “The Riverwalk “
Nightmares
August Wampole I had a nightmare. (Not unusual, but it left me in a haze) God gave me His power, said He lost care For humanity. Left me in a daze And then he was gone. And I was alone with the world.
The Grand Tetons, Wyoming
Rylee Delaney
Who’s The Bastard Now?
Caleb Hipple 1. A Hippie Fucks My Mom, 2000 “Tune in, Turn on and Drop out” (his favorite quote on Facebook) Robbie, my absent creator, holds a breath— he imagines instead her lover’s puffed chest, quakes knowingly, blows on plump dandelions, unsheathes in her stretching garden. Hidden, a snake slides fromContinue reading “Who’s The Bastard Now? “
Cold
Vijai Budhun
The Last Spin Cycle
Hannah Lee Defrates Synopsis: Imprisoned and disgraced from their surreal society of plague doctors, Meadowlark and Caraway seek escapism to escape the inescapable, even if for just one moment. Characters: Meadowlark- disgraced plague doctor; not as tough as they appear Caraway- disgraced plague doctor; not exactly timid, but not tough; has a lot of abandonedContinue reading “The Last Spin Cycle “
Crumbling Walnuts
Aiden Brown I hadn’t told anyone except my parents that I was doing this. I went all the way to Miami from Maryland to have a masculoplasty (a fancy word for double mastectomy) with Dr. Gallagher. The rest of my family didn’t know I identified as transgender or went by Aiden. Confessing to murder would’veContinue reading “Crumbling Walnuts “
Metastasize
Caleb Hipple David closed his eyes hard enough to see colors. All stimuli. Almost no presence. Measured breaths between sips of lukewarm tap water. The heat of vomit rose from the sink and worked into the sweat ringing his neck. The vault opener had marked the coffin’s end with mud to indicate where her headContinue reading “Metastasize “
Bloody Rose
Bianca Valentin
Beer Goggle Love
Serenity Walker Spiked with caramelized tipped hair, the lead singer sat at cherry countertops. The jukebox sputtered, sharp overtones rising like a Sunday-school church choir. I slid on the stool beside him. A bead of sugar stained the rim of his drink. Caked rock’n’roll red, my head thudded against my palm. “Would ya order meContinue reading “Beer Goggle Love “
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