THE HOOT: Valley High School’s Literary Arts Publication

  • “I can’t meet you for coffee” by Zia Shick

     Inspired by chappell roan’s song “coffee” off of ” the rise and fall of a Midwest princess”      The idea that this song paints really helped me have the idea for this digital painting. The fact is that a lot of people have that one person who is their weakness , a person who lingers in…

  • Beauty in the Chaos by Jibril Nicholson

    The lights break and crackle, fluttering and flicking like thunder crashing, such as a cozy fire warming the house. Bareface branches swaying and swinging outside. Seeming like a horrifying dance of dark and light, Good and Evil. You hear footsteps pounding towards you from the door, creaking and thumping with everystep. They lie still for…

  • The Butterfly Effect by Dulce Martinez

    The butterfly effect is more than a time travel technique that is talked about in a movie where they go back in time, change something and then it alternates the future . The Butterfly effect also known as the chaos theory has a deeper meaning depending on one’s perspective.     The butterfly effect is the idea…

  • Why You Should Read Rumi by Cambree Prescott

    September 30, 1207, Balkh, Afghanistan, an amazing 13th century poet was born. His poems were inspiring and sometimes had a really deep meaning or no meaning at all. When I read his book I was inspired. I never liked reading ever but the way that he used his words and how he got his point…

  • Marley Richardson’s Review: The Beginning After the End by TurtleME

    The Beginning After the End is a story starting on Earth but quickly switches to another other-worldly universe with magic elves, dwarves, and humans. It’s an isekai, magic, swordplay, fantasy adventure. The story starts off with our main character, Grey, as king in a futuristic, dystopian-type earth. He was unsure why his body felt heavy…