by Christine Eaton | May 5, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
“Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?” The perplexity of this newspaper ad catches the attention of a boy named Reynie Muldoon, who is indeed gifted and yearns to achieve purpose outside the walls of Stonetown Orphanage. Upon responding to the ad,...
by kingdompen | May 3, 2017 | Poetry
By Emily Bunker You are called the most wonderful Queen of the Sea, And I say the city of water you be. Crowned with the gold of many far lands, The fate of the world’s wealth is in your hands. Wide, clear-blue waterways, main streets they are, Cool, damp back alleys,...
by Sierra | Apr 28, 2017 | Short Stories
Anna Shipley had often been told she was an old soul in a young body. And upon being admitted to the Golden Years nursing home at age nineteen, her first thought was that fate had an unusually twisted sense of humor. Following that initial observation came a host of...
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 to...
