The Diamond Line

The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Ode to the Rest World

By Bailey Ryer                       Late at night, when time on Earth stops, the trees begin to sing. Their aged and powerful branches collide in the wind, composing an ode to another day gone. The orange and yellow leaves rustle and fall, hitting the ground...

Downpour

By Casey Wong   Last night, I felt as though I had been born again, standing in the sidewalk’s ankle-deep river and smiling in the face of that great, starless downpour. Shirtless, soaking, and sober. Sydney and I laughed giddily at nothing as we made our way...

The Ecology of Succession

by Allison Flory   Adelaide Cooper wasn’t a fixture. She’d never been rooted to the Texas soil the way we all had, calloused hands and leather tans and a fear of not leaving before you got left. But she liked to say she was in those first few days after her...

Copperhead

By Abigail Pfeifer   On a heavy and adamant August day, June Cole was on her way to hell.   Her Uncle Marty seemed to think so, at least.   “Friends,” the big man addressed his sweating congregation, “I hope you have not forgotten to be wary of where you place your...

You Made My Day

 By Chance O’Neal   Tuesdays are lazy, yet they are not:    A contradiction that stems from my desire to relax on a day that demands attention. The morning is spent in pajamas but also in the car running errands rather than in the comforts of home. It’s...