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Foreword

Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Within
the confines of the jacket of this book, you will find many such
narratives. Sometimes, the beginning is long, with its character
presentations and setting description, a back story to set the
scene. Other times, it is the middle that is expanded, offering twists
and turns, peaks and valleys, along the upward curve to the grand
finale. Yet other times, the ending is drawn out, leading you down
unexpected avenues, leaving you guessing whether you had
gaged the various conflicts and climaxes as precisely as you could
have. Creative Sparks has been a narrative of its own over the past
eleven years, exhibiting a strong beginning, raising an interesting
development of the plot in the middle. The end is not yet in sight,
fortunately for the reader. There are many a tale yet to be told,
many a yarn yet to be spun, many an illustration yet to be unfurled,
before the sun should set on this scene. And surely to be expected
is a twist or two in the telling.

On behalf of the teacher-editors of this year’s Creative
Sparks publication, Ajarns Brad Burch, Kevin Raw, Jason Sore,
and yours truly: thank you to all of the student authors, poets, and
graphic artists, fellow teacher-editors, admin staff, and our
indefatigable leader in this project Ajarn Kangsadan Choo-im.

Feast your minds, readers, upon this year’s offering of
stories, poems, and Silk Road journeys. And many more to come.

Ajarn Kyle Dreher
Creative Sparks Committee Secretary