Welcome to The Egerian, the student literary magazine of Shady Side Academy! Established in 1928, The Egerian has a long history of publishing the very best of student–written prose and poetry. Throughout the academic year our literary board solicits submissions of both course work and independent pieces. This issue, our eighty–fourth and our third published exclusively online, represents the best literary output of the 2010–2011 academic year. Submissions are the property of their respective authors.

The Egerian is named after the mythical nymph Egeria, female counsel to the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius. Because of her role in the founding of Rome’s laws and traditions, Egeria is particularly associated with sacred books in a manner unique in Roman mythology; in contemporary usage her name is an eponym for wise female counsel.