Issue V: Rotten Fruit

Welcome All!

For the June Issue of The Typewriter Student Literary Magazines, the editors have decided on a theme of Rotten Fruit.

For the summer issue, we wanted to emphasize the circle of life: life and death, birth and rebirth.

A sprout from the ground grows into a tree, which then spurts forth the bulb of a tangerine and soon, over time, the ripe fruit will drop; then, as it does when left to its own devices, the fruit will turn to mush as nature overtakes it and time runs its course. Hot, steamy, sour fruit is the end of a life, surely, but the nutrients that sink into the soil will provide for future generations of seedlings.

Rotten Fruit represents a facade; only once your teeth sink into its flesh do you realize the fruit is turned.

Rotten Fruit represents summer; the oppressive heat can kill just as easily as it bronzes skin and exudes sweat. We cannot forget we do not own the world; fruit will rot no matter the height of our skyscrapers.

These are only suggestions; as always, we cannot wait to read what you dream up!

Good luck!

Yours,

The Typewriter