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Flash Fiction: Frightful
“Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same.” — Thomas Wolfe, You Can’t Go Home Again It was snowing. Soft pillows of snow were already beginning to pile up under the windows....
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Essay: A Fish Called Moby
“Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.” — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Moby-Dick suffers from adaptation distillation in the sense of it being...
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Flash Fiction: Sadness
“Tears are words that need to be written.” — Paulo Coelho Tears prick the corners of your eyes, but you pretend they’re not there and swallow hard. “It’s the air-conditioning,” you say. “It’s that...
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Flash Fiction: The Monster
“Behind every tree, there’s a new monster.” — Todd Rundgren There was once a man walking through the woods. He was a strong man and liked to carry his ax over his shoulder. It made him feel brave. But...
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Book Review: ‘Through the Woods’ (2014)
The short: 4/5 ✦. A chilling graphic novel with five beautifully illustrated stories. The long: My sister is the one who recommended this to me, coming into my office after reading it herself to hand...
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Essay: Masqueraders Anonymous – Freedom Now
“Love is merely a madness.” — William Shakespeare, As You Like It As any superhero fanatic will admit, there is a strange power in the use of disguise. Donning a mere mask, a person can become anyone...
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Short Story: Home
“I just want the future to happen faster. I can’t imagine the future without robots.” — Nolan Bushnell Debbie squinted at the robot’s face. “It looks creepy.” Adrian gasped and covered the robot’s...
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Book Review: ‘The Queen of Attolia’ (2000)
The short: 4/5 ✦. An excellent sophomore novel in this series dealing with mystery, loyalty, and royalty. The long: I read The Thief forever ago, back in the deep dark days of high school. I’m actually...
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Essay: Sentiment Breeds Contempt
“But this whole world is a preposterous one, with many preposterous people in it.” — Herman Melville, Pierre: or, the Ambiguities Although the popularity of the sentimental novel had begun to wane by...
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Book Review: ‘The King of Attolia’ (2006)
The short: 4/5 ✦. Another wonderful installment in this realistic and real fantastic fantasy series. The long: One of the things I admire about Turner is her ability to jump around in perspectives,...
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Flash Fiction: Inheritance
“Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden The young man walks into the room; It is dark inside, and still as a tomb. The air is thick with...
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Book Review: ‘A Conspiracy of Kings’ (2010)
The short: 3.5/5 ✦. A more complex and mildly less entertaining addition to the Queen’s Thief series. The long: Though this book is still one of the most detailed and complex YA novels I’ve ever read,...
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Essay: Too Few Good Men
“Money, you think, is the sole motive to pains and hazard, deception and devilry, in this world. How much money did the devil make by gulling Eve?” — Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man The desire for...
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Book Review: ‘The Conjurer’s Riddle’ (2015)
The short: 3/5 ✦. The steampunk-esque AU world remains of interest, but the characters remain stiff and the story overwhelming in detail. The long: I admit that I skimmed quite a bit of this one. When...
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Flash Fiction: Time’s Up
“Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.” ― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy Beth nodded at the elderly woman a few seats away from us. “That one.” I followed her...
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Essay: Modern Alienation
“Behind the masks of total choice, different forms of the same alienation confront each other.” — Guy Debord Part I The best comedy tends to not only be hilarious but also surprisingly honest, and...
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Book Review: ‘Passenger’ (2016)
The short: 3.5/5 ✦. An very well-told time-travel novel, though marred by predictable romance. The long: As Bracken herself said, this book is very different than The Darkest Minds series. Which is...
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Flash Fiction: Playground
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” — Edgar Allan Poe You are at the playground. You are excited, because you are young and free and wild and you want to play. You grab your...
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Essay: La Quête du Sens de la Vie (or: Whistling in the Dark)
William: Father, I am afraid, I won’t know the way back home. John Thatcher: Don’t be foolish, William, you just follow your feet. ~ A Knight’s Tale Attempts to explain life’s little mysteries have...
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Flash Fiction: A Rude Wake-up Call
“All is fair in love and beer.” — Kurt Paradis TRANSCRIPT OF A RECORDING OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. JAY O’DELL AND MS. TORI HERNANDEZ ON MARCH 25, 20XX (Door opening and closing) TORI: Jay, c’mon,...
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