Contents

This collection of 55-word stories was assembled as a gift
from the Class of 2024 Gold Humanism Honor Society at
the University of Utah

Voices from the Wards

Editors

Maddy Ekey, Cam Arkin, Brandon Wilde, and Matt
Glasgow

Thank you to Dr. Gretchen Case, Dr. Karly Pippitt, Dr.
Tiffany Glasgow, the Utah Gold Humanism chapter
faculty advisors, as well as Brittany Wonsor, our chapter
staff advisor, for helping us bring this project to print.

An additional thank you to our classmates at the University of
Utah School of Medicine for contributing their stories.

Worth Aspirating For | Literature
by Carly Ferre

Code Blue | Literature
by Telisha Tausinga

In Defense: Suppression | Literature
by Matt Glasgow

In Defense: Dissociation | Literature
by Matt Glasgow

In Defense: Humor | Literature
by Matt Glasgow

Mourning Rounds | Literature
by Paighton Noel

Now and at the Hour of Our Death | Literature
by Sean Batenhorst

Begin Again | Literature
by Brandon Wilde

Salty Rain | Literature
by Carly Ferre

Wind | Literature
by Cameron Arkin

Unspoken | Literature
by Charles Teames

An Explosive Situation | Literature
by Savannah Gelhard

Trauma Level 1 Activation | Literature
by Telisha Tausinga

Court-Ordered Lorazepam | Literature
by Heather Smith

99 Dead in Airstrikes on Gaza Today | Literature
by Charles Teames

One Liner | Literature
by Marian Riddoch

Gravida | Literature
by Brandon Wilde

SB 16 | Literature
by Telisha Tausinga

Memento Mori | Literature
by Charles Teames

Same Barber | Literature
by Charles Teames

Puzzle Incomplete | Literature
by Savannah Gelhard

Morbid | Literature
by Telisha Tausinga

The Price of Breath | Literature
by Lilly Kanishka

Imperceptible Growth | Literature
by Elsha Eggink

Lives Changed Through Loss | Literature
by Steven Grossen

Fruit Snacks | Literature
by Keely Kringlen

Apathy Confirmed | Literature
by Mitch Adams

Ode to the Cool Resident | Literature
by Matt Glasgow

Voices | Literature
by Telisha Tausinga

The Nice Skunk | Literature
by Lexi Steffenbell

Self-portrait by Jane Tyler circa 2022 | Voices from the Wards
by Jane Tyler