The Creative Journal of Contemporary Bioethics
Cullen Irwin, Wake Forest University School of Law JD '26 The Oracle Engine It was August and too hot for a heavy conversation. Momma turned left down Briar Hollow Street saying, “you ought to visit that college in Dodson. Make something of yourself.” “Frankie went there last year, he hates it,” I told her for …
Ryan Plumadore, Wake Forest University School of Law JD '26 The halls of St. Edwards Children’s Hospital are quiet in the mornings. Most of the movement comes from nurses changing shifts, and the slow and steady beeping of heart monitors drifting in from down the hall. Parents fidgeting in the cold, plastic seats of …
Claiborne Matthews, Wake Forest University School of Law JD ’27 Guard I give mom a quick hug and kiss on the cheek before hurrying out the door. I try to ignore the fact that I can feel her shoulder blades through the thick robe she is wearing.[1] As I carefully juggle the mug nearly full …
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Hannah Haskins, Wake Forest University School of Law JD ’26 A persistent pounding at her office door wakes Marta Delgado from a dead sleep. She jerks upright, peeling a loose paper from the side of her face. She tries to smooth the sleep lines from her cheek, but her supervisor’s raised eyebrow when she opens …
Anonymous This story is dedicated to young men and women who were denied the help they deserved. To those who were told they weren’t sick enough. To those who fought and made it out alive. To those still fighting, and the ones who fought until the end – because the system failed them before it …
Ashton Jenne, Wake Forest University School of Law JD ’25 Aging brought Barbara random aches and pains and a deep understanding of the things that truly matter in life.1 The older she got, the more she realized that most of life, and its accompanying stressors, are insignificant and consume energy that should be spent on more important …
Marcus Maldonado, Wake Forest University School of Law JD '24 She loved to watch her grandchildren fight and laugh. It always seemed like one or the other. She considered herself a rich woman, surrounded by family and those she loved. In this respect, at least, she was. In others, not so much. She had immigrated …
Teala Volkamer, Wake Forest University School of Law JD '23 Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women 8966 US-231, Wetumpka, AL 36092 Mom, I don’t even know why I’m writin’ you, I guess I don’t have anyone else to write to. I’ve been put in the hole and don’t have anythin’ better to do than write. The …
Joseph Johnson, Wake Forest University School of Law J.D. Candidate '23 10 years old Dear Diary, I finally had my birthday party today! I have been waiting FOREVER for it. It feels like I have been 9 for two years at LEAST! But I am finally 10! Double digits! It was so much fun and …
Charlotte Robinson, Wake Forest University School of Law JD '22 The room feels darker than most. It is cold and uninviting. For someone who works in a hospital, you’d think I would be used to this environment. I should have adapted to it. After all, no one has ever described a hospital as sunny and …
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