by kingdompen | Oct 30, 2016 | Short Stories
By Jess Hessler I wasn’t too excited about visiting Gramps. After his last stroke, the doctor decided to keep him for a couple weeks to monitor the after effects. Gramps couldn’t talk or do much. He would just lay in the white bed while the various...
by kingdompen | Oct 26, 2016 | Poetry
By Mackenzie Long Hold me tight; don’t let me go, Savior, through my trials and woe Give me hope and give me light That I might see through this dark night. You’ve brought me through in times long past; You are the Rock to which I cling fast. You met me in...
by Josiah DeGraaf | Oct 24, 2016 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
“In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your...
by kingdompen | Oct 21, 2016 | Poetry
By Madelyn Graves The flickering lampshade beams against the dark. Eyes sealed shut The soft glow burns against my lids As if it were the sun itself. But the radiance fades Dissolving into the vortex of night. For bulbs go out And sunlight sinks. Until the only thing...
by kingdompen | Oct 19, 2016 | Articles, Characters
As writers, we are sometimes accused of gloating or chuckling evilly to ourselves in dark castles over the sorrow we cause readers when we kill favorite characters. I won’t confirm or deny that, but I will say that writers who reap tears from readers will feel the...
