Sunset Micro Wave: Vol. 6

sunset micro wave volume 6

Contributors Moselle Mac Isaac Lyon-Freedman Ella Lewallen Lea Huang-Yanez Garen Yang Nicole Joseph Sasha McCurley Gordon Tam & Hailey Cheung Shane Tilton Artemis Cierra Tesla Yaginuma Chloe Fong & Brayden Ruperto Julie Nojadera Clint Kessler Catherine Lu Lee Wu Allyna Jimenez

Immortal Memories

Moselle Mac

The Child We Always Wanted Isaac Lyon-Freedman

When times got da rk I turned to a spa rk of infinite wisdo m and charity I groaned and beg ged And bartered and bled But there was nev er an answer No divine miracle No whisper in my heart Just the cold gro und And my fading fai th

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The daughter knew from a young age that she wasn’t the child her parents wanted. She felt trapped in her mundane, orchestrated life and her only form of escape made her feel like she was betraying her family. After years of guilt and shame about her identity, a parasitic being from the recesses of her mind comes to show her what she desires.

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Ella Lewallen

at this anomaly It is apparent th s, a esence of flower emerges in the pr uent growth. This location of freq when can only survive indicates that it the ose proximity to it remains in cl the their reliance on source, exposing system and their plant’s working nd independently inability to expa from the host.

The cas e shown a pecul is i ar one. echium Unlike flowers t he above, this an ability omaly h to expa as the nd far from it ing tha s source, t it ha reveals evolv ed bey ond its on the host. T relianc his exa e mple of exposes indepen dence how ano malies h a v e t he pote follow ntial t their o o wn desi res, wh ich is defense a dange against rous our eff orts to contain them.

Botanical Epidemic is a speculative science fiction worldbuilding project that

explores themes of nature and mecha. It is set in a futu

where, because of tech and mecha’s continuous exposure to our liv

ment and our dependence on its ability to adapt to our needs thr

cial intelligence, a series of phenomena called ‘anomalies’ emerg

occur when mecha internalizes signals from its environment and beg

as if it is a living, growing organism. The Botanical one section of the project, focused on the

on plants, fruits and nature

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Garen Yang

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Cherry Blossom Dress materials: satin, cotton lining, lace features: puffed sleeves, sweetheart neckline, full circle skirt, empire waistline, ruffled lace trim

Nicole Joseph

It used to be that I’d see yo u every other day. Then it was on week ends, or maybe a few ti mes a month. Me eting less was fine, though; we were never the kind of fr iends that need ed to see each other ever y day to stay close.

When we first grew apart, it was just a difference of time and pl ace – a tangible gap, easy to close.

And you, who felt like a stranger for weeks or months, could be yourself ag ain within minutes: the “you” that I’ve always known. But now there’s someth ing obstructing what used to be the clear space between us, something sharp and dense. Like gn arled vines pr eventing me from bridgi ng the gap.

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Created in Ren’py, Swallowing the Sun is a visual novel that tells the story of two childhood friends who spend time with one another for the first time in months. The story explores the dynamics of a drifting friendship, and investigates the psychological effects of solitude and living in darkness.

Sasha McCurley

Swallowing the Sun

Princess Lucario has been fired from her job at the Princess Lucario Talk Show, which forces her to leave her house and move in with her son, Squirtlo Ren. Joined by best friend party animals, Cyndaquil and Chickorita, our four favorite STAREMON embark on an adventure filled with partying, explosions and chaos.

STAREMON

Gordon Tam Hailey Cheung

Shane Tilton / Hom Nid

Animals

(Intro)

(Chorus) Animals, Anim als, Animals Solo, We all just a nimals been feeling Sophisticated So Low But we still just animals So High, been fe eling Animals Too high Animals with human needs Fosho, life just Animals with human wants For show Animals, Prog ramed to bree Lord knows I tr d y Animals, With a beating hea rts Let me Cry Animals, we s till stampede Been a man Animals, with human smarts Still feel like a boy Animals, we l earned to rea Oxygen in lungs d Animals, we a ll play our p art Let me sigh Animals Anotha day click to read fu Let me get by ll lyrics

Déjà Vu

Artemis Cierra

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Note the u se of a mu shroom topped roo f to disgu i se the house as a mushroom.

This fine home wa s discovered by Tesla Yaginuma in an undisclosed lo cation. Research suggests that th e inhabitants we re not unlike hu architects as th man ey used an abunda nce of materials construct their to fashionable home .

No t much else is known about the fairies, other th an the fact that they only build their homes out of natural materi sourced from the als, surrounding envi ronment.

A History of Fairies

Tesla Yaginuma

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Fong perto

Distanced Lo ve is a shor t film following the r elationship between two best fri ends and nei ghbors who have kno wn each othe r for their whole lives. It ca ptures untold feeli ngs, & the d istance that forms o ver miscommu nication and the pass age of time.

Fragmen In the depths of AMANI’s eternal memory, a certain young girl named Susie left a haunting mark. She lived a sheltered and secluded life surrounded by the thick fog from the forest and clouded by her father’s emotional turmoil. She dreams of another world that offers reprieve from her stunted reality. AMANI discovers this imagined world and comes to understand what Susie has experienced in the mysterious world known as Fragmento.

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Julie Nojadera

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Never Trust Your Friends Clint Kessler

Panel 1 at a bus stop.

Opening Scene: Frank and Melvin are standing Panel 2 A medium shot of both bananas.

FRANK: “Sigh...”

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MELVIN: “I told you we should have left earl Panel 4 ing comes!”

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SIGH...

I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD'VE LEFT EARLIER.

IT'S NOT MY FAULT THE BUS NEVER FUCKING COMES.

Seasonal Pos

stcards Catherine Lu

Love Lowell High School 사랑의 롱웰고등학교

Lee Wu

High school romance takes a bitter turn…

Clutter Allyna Jimenez

Materials: gouache paint with collaged magazine cut-outs.

Sunset Micro Wave

Volume 6

Volume 6 - Te rms and Cond itions 1. Nature [ nay-cher ] often used in living plants reference to and animals, the general including th realm of own accord, e ways that such as the things exist weather and of cesses that their geology. Ofte have not been n used to de al sc te ribe prored by human despite huma intervention n interventi , or which pe on. rsist

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3. Human Natu re [ hyoo-muh n ney-cher ] teristics - denotes th including wa e fundamenta ys of thinking, l characare said to feeling, and have naturall acting - that y.

Th is usage has pr there is disp humans oven to be co ute as to wh ntroversial; ether or not such an esse nce actually exists.

4. Culture [ kuhl-cher ] - defines th in society, e parameters including gu of acceptable idelines for conduct demeanor. Ac be havior, dres cepting only s, la ng ua a ge, and monoculture just as a si in a social ngle species group can be can wither in ar risks, the face of environmenta l change.

5. Countercul ture [ koun-t er-kuhl-cher norms of beha ] - a cultur vior differ e whose valu su bstantially es and Such a moveme from those of nt expresses mainstream so th e et hos of a spec ciety. well-defined ific populati era. When op on during a positional fo cultures can rces reach cr trigger dram itical mass, atic cultural counterchanges.

Editors Jon Bernson Rachelle Banares Caley Silk

Cover Art Lea Huang-Yanez Caley Silk

Layout Editor Alyssa Yin