American Summer

The house did not belong to them, but the dream was all their own.

War Story

Rhiannon Kelly is an English freshman and Mustang Daily fiction contributor. The only thing he knew for certain was that he was dying. It seemed so long ago that he’d somehow found himself at the base, running through a battery…

A poet, an engineer, an author — but above all, he is himself

Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net “When I was born, a pack of wolves was brought to its knees.” He takes a deep breath. “Frosted fur, whistling in the blizzard, they nosed at the mural painted by my mother’s blood and whimpered something…

Al Landwehr Creative Writing Contest opens for submissions

Hannah Croft hannahcroft.md@gmail.com Columbia University and The Academy of American Poets are just a couple prestigious places winners of Cal Poly’s Al Landwehr Creative Writing Contest have been affiliated with. The contest, in its 43rd year, is named after nationally published…

Cero

Aaron Rowley is a biomedical engineering senior and Mustang Daily fiction contributor. She reclines deeply into the paling blue vinyl of the seats, scans briefly over the knife-scratched initials and hard water stains, and spots a young man propped up…