About the Journal
Allusions is an award-winning Literary and Visual Arts Journal showcasing the best creative writing and visual art created by Indiana State University students. A collaborative effort between the Creative Writing Society and English 485: Literary Citizenship and Publishing, Allusions offers students opportunities for experiential learning through hands-on editorial experience.
Current Volume: Volume 2024 (2025)
Creation Myth
Sarah Lee
Betty Should Have Shot Those Birds
Sarah Lee
Art Along the Pages
Lily A. Soto
Cruel Fate
Pieper Gabbard
Civil Blood, Civil Hands
Jessica Conatser
Half a Pillow Gone Cold
Jessica Conatser
Reading Secondhand Books Makes Me Sad
Mikaela Westlund
My Day is Rain / My Life the Sun / Shining On My Face
Mikaela Westlund
Something About a Rat
I. Slaven
Ember Awakening
Alexia Rardin
Hair of the Dog
Mahal Wright
Leaving Bloomington
Tyler Westerfield
The Centipede, The Buffalo, and The Ageless Author: Aphorisms
Brent M. Monnett
The Cruelest Magistrate: Sonnet For Panic Disorder
Brent M. Monnett
Dear Memories
F. L. Day
It's All Over
F. L. Day
Baba Yaga's Hut
Nickolas Strohm
Old Mill Dam
Timothy Montgomery
The Office of the Unknown
Timothy Montgomery
The Sovereign of Serpent
Anthony Morris
In Remembrance of Flightless Birds
Jocelyn Dugger
The Loss of Galatea
Jocelyn Dugger
White Rabbit
Tom Thompson
Acid of the Rain
Asher Bulanda
Left Below the Rain
Michael Glover
Chiaroscuro (Broken Transmission)
Michael Glover
Western Grace
Courtney Buman
Wanderer of the Woods
Gracie Sarson
The Wailing Banshee
Gracie Sarson
A Nocturne for the Future
Noelle Henson
Reflection of Love In "God's" Eyes
Noelle Henson
Miacro III
Haley Timcheck
George R-54
Elijah Howard
Quiet Bridge Over Sugar Creek
Destiny Dunham
Dandelions In the Breeze
Destiny Dunham
Concepts of Normal
Aurora (Roe) Spindle
My Husband, The Communist
Delaney Brown
Out of Words, Out of Sight
Samiyah Johnson
I've Seen the Light at the End of the Tunnel
Isaiah Douglas
Inevitable
Karen Yang
Self Loathing
Karen Yang
Villanelle on Crying at the Flea Market
Craig Robinson
Sycamore Oracle
Briarlynn Hawkins
An Apple, A Wager, A Whisper
Briarlynn Hawkins
Another Murdered Trans Girl on the News
Alice Jones
Getting the Call About a Relative Dying
Basia Bryan
Cleaning Out the Closet of a Dead Relative
Basia Bryan
Life of Jerry
Joel Field
The Unwilling Participant
Joel Field
Meet Me Under the Bubblegum Tree
Bel DiMeo
Little Hoverfly
Bel DiMeo
Who Are the Cozy
Bel DiMeo
Glowing Freely in Space
Bel DiMeo
The Current
Jess Bell
Death and Life
Elly Holland
excerpt from Among The Piles
Grant Tetmeyer
Stage Lights No. 2 in D-flat Major
Hannah Freeman
Inner Child
Bailey McGill
The Stitching of My Body
Savannah Boulware
Winter Cycles
Savannah Boulware
Nightmares and Dreams
Abbey Shoffner
Take My Breath
Abbey Shoffner
On the Shore of the Indiana Dunes 7/26/24, 10:22 PM
Brenna Sobecki
The Sycamore Tree
Brenna Sobecki
