The Southern Quill 2025

Identifier

Title

The Southern Quill 2025

Date

2025

Description

The Southern Quill is an annual publication of poetry, short fiction, and artwork of Dixie State University students and community members.

Rights Holder

Under Copyright in the United States.

Extent

28.7 MB

Source

UA016 Southern Quill

Table Of Contents

Content
Creative Nonfiction
The Creek Josie Hume 8
Entomophobia Rachel McKinley 14
The Undercover Overlord Mekiya Outini 24
Arizona Sun A.M. Shiner 31
Fiction
Drifting Through Jessica Peterson 36
Whiskers Kayleigh Clark 45
Familiar Demons Alex Everett 52
The Book of Dreams Tavern Kimberly Hayes 58
The Grandfather of Fake News G. Tarsiscis Janetka 65
Heavenly Compulsion Thomas J. Misuraca 69
The Only Person in the World David Hutto 74
A Butterscotch Sundae Terry Sanville 82
Poetry
Harbinger Catherine Huebner 90
Blood Oath Dee Allen 92
Antelope Island Maureen Clark 94
On the Street Doug Croft 95
Romanticization Poisoning Maxine Campbell 98
Wall Judi Mae "JM" Huck 99
Misericordia Matthew Donovan 100
Oizys & Persephone Alex Everett 102
Alive Girl II Shannon Swearingen Gabriel 104
"The First Time Crying" Darrel L. Hammon 106
Conversation Overheard as a Summer Camp Counselor Marley Hollen 108
"It's Okay, It's Just Sleeping" Abigail Hong 111
Paradise Lost Catherine Huebner 113
Angel Josh Mahler 115
"Reservoir Dogs" Taiga Moore 117
Rivulets Charlene Stegman Moskal 120
In Memorium (Redbird/Crane/Marshmallow) Kait O'Brien 121
Different Ways to Fool a Boy: Clinical Observations Abbi Payne 123
The Things I've Seen, the Things I Know Caitlin Scheresky 125
What Damned Creatures Are We? Leslie Simon 127
On Driving Home on Christmas Eve Paul Smith 129
It Would Be Good to Remind Yourself We Were Only Children Windy Talbot 131
Internal Jacob Taylor 134
Visiting Hours M. Benjamin Thorne 136
Spotlight
Artist Spotlight: Steven Stradley 139
Splotlight Interview Steven Stradley 140
Awards
Dean's Award for Visual Art Brandon Raabe 155
Annie Atkin Tanner Poetry Scholarship Catherine Huebner 156
Nathan M. Bell Fiction Scholarship Jessica Peterson 156
Contributors 157
Visual Arts
Archiving Memory in Miniature Joanna Pittari 13, 23
Brothers Brandon Raabe 30, 51
Bunny Asher Foulk 57
Dark Forest Tina Stergios 64
Datooga Alania Mariano 68, 73
GAHNIGA (choose) Naji Haska 81
Kimberly Kelsi Kinder 91
Garden Statue Carly Maxfield 93
Infidelity Kendra Lubeck 97
Landscape Asher Foulk 101
Untitled Milo Carter 103
Life's Beautiful Things Lacey Fuse 105
Tallulah Cheryl Tall 108
Lost in a Spiral Katie Hughbanks 110
Two Lilies Riley Whipple 112
Marshland Judith Skillman 114
Untitled Korbyn Ryan 116
MIYE (myself) Naji Haska 119
Peep S.J. Lichens 122
Shatter Me Daniela Salinas 126
The Hope They Give Taylor Mastrogiovanni 128
Sunrise Judith Skillman 133
Untitled Annette Trunnell 135
Untitled Roger Camp 137

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Citation

Utah Tech University, “The Southern Quill 2025,” Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, accessed June 9, 2026, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/2613.