Serial by Alexandra

Willow: Chapter 4

By Alexandra Nugent The rose garden was beautiful, but it felt like a trap. The scent of the blooms was so thick that it was almost rotting, a sweet, heavy mask for the “lemon bleach” smell I knew was waiting inside. I crept toward the servant’s entrance-a small, unassuming green door tucked behind a wall […]

Serial by Alexandra

Willow: Chapter 3

By Alexandra Nugent The air outside felt lighter, even if it was thick with the scent of damp earth and blooming roses. I slipped through the heavy library doors and hurried toward the side gate, my sneakers finally silent on the grass. The weight of Elesha’s cold, sterile house seemed to lift with every step […]

Short Reads

Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship with a Possibility of Spreading

1 By Rayan Jawahar and Griffin Crowley _______________________________________________________________________ As of May 11, 2026, a cruise ship carrying a potentially fatal virus called Hantavirus docked in Port of Granadilla, in an island off the east coast of Africa, called Tenerife, which is owned by Spain. After that, a medical flight landed in America carrying 18 passengers. […]