A Common Thread

A Common Thread is a student-run literary journal located at Valparaiso University in Indiana. Each issue features poetry, fiction and flash fiction, art, photography and comics, drama and screenplays, and creative nonfiction and flash creative nonfiction, all on a single theme. The theme for Issue #2 is“Scars.”

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Issue #2 theme: Scars

Scar noun \ skär \
1. a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
2. a mark left on a stem or branch by a fallen leaf or harvested fruit
3. a mark or indentation resulting from damage or wear
4. a lasting moral or emotional injury
(dictionary.com)

Origin of scar

Middle English escare, scar, from Middle French escare scab, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek, hearth, brazier, scab. First Known Use: 14th century

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