by kingdompen | Oct 13, 2017 | Short Stories
By D. G. Snapper Relatives slowly drifted out of the funeral reception into their own sunny lives. When the last suburban carrying toddlers and grandkids rolled down the street, Ruel Johnson clicked the door shut and twisted the locks with unchallenged sourness. He...by kingdompen | Oct 11, 2017 | Poetry
By Madelynn Pitcher I walk through the halls of my life’s memories, wondering if I have done everything I could to make it all right. “This is the last time,” I tell myself as my fingertips glide across the cement blocks that create and form the...by kingdompen | Oct 9, 2017 | Articles, Characters
November heralds the approach of Thanksgiving, holiday-flavored Starbucks beverages, and (for loyal Marvel fans at least) the theatrical release of Thor: Ragnarok. Since Kingdom Pen’s topic for October is villains, it seemed appropriate to write a piece on Loki...by kingdompen | Oct 6, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
By Hannah WhatleyI stared at him through the shafts of early morning sun, searching for something behind the blue in his eyes. “A mission?”He looked at me, then nodded. “To find the other half of who you are.”SynopsisHawk and Ion are searching for their identities....by kingdompen | Oct 5, 2017 | Articles, Author Interviews, Encouragement, Publishing
A special Thursday post from Kingdom Pen? That’s right—we’ve lined up this awesome interview with an author today who has a lot of valuable advice to share on how to be productive as a writer and what publishing with a small press is like. The...