by kingdompen | Apr 19, 2017 | Poetry
By D.G. Snapper There once was a man from Vain His life was focused on gain He worked for his wants It pleased him just once And his countenance was blank as a pane There once was a girl from Vain Her escape came only from feign She laughed and she tried Only it was a...
by kingdompen | Apr 17, 2017 | Articles, Style
Readers can't relate to a story without narrative description. It happens in a vague world of shadows and smoke that readers have never visited—a world of floating voices and gunshots (splitting the silence, probably) but no real physical matter. It fails...
by kingdompen | Mar 31, 2017 | Articles, Plot, Theme
I have a love-hate relationship with Christian fiction. On the one hand, the genre has immense potential, because it transcends what it means to live as a human being to explore what it means to live as a Christian. When these stories are done well, like Dave...
by kingdompen | Mar 1, 2017 | Poetry
By Jason Zimmerman We carry our phones in our pockets while our minds ponder other things. We meet the world with hunger, and treat ourselves like royalty. The world tells us to ripen like juicy fruit to pluck, and we respond by shouting back, “Good grief! We’re only...
by Kate Flournoy | Jan 18, 2017 | Poetry
In losing lies the finding. In sacrifice the gain. Freedom is a binding rope, And liberty a chain. Loving is releasing. Releasing is relief. Devotion is a letting go, And knowledge is belief. Hatred is unworthiness. Unworthiness a void. Grace is for the graceless one,...
