Illustration by Kathleen Foley I am medium height, medium weight with brown eyes and brown hair. I am built from carbon, iron, oxygen and average facts. But there is one fact about me that is rather unsettling: I’m going to die today. The Black Angel has picked up my scent and is nipping at my … Continue reading
Hello, everyone, who may or may not actually read my blog! I have chosen a prompt for the first installment of my writing prompt challenge. I know that I was supposed to pick one a week back, but the flu decided that I would instead be crippled on my couch for a few days (and, … Continue reading
So, in the spirit of staying in a fiction state of mind, I’d like to write short, most likely silly, pieces on this blog. But I don’t want to start from a place where I have to come up with concepts, themes, worlds etc. Already have plenty of script ideas for that. What I was … Continue reading
There is one undeniable truth that I learned during the recent holidays. No. It is not goodwill towards all. It is not how to deck any halls, and nor is it that seeing family and friends is more important than locking myself away to watch the Dr. Who Christmas special. No. I leave the holiday … Continue reading
Sharpen your wooden stakes. Polish those silver bullets under the glow of a full moon. Ready your axes and blowtorches, but please-seriously, please- do not actually use any of these weapons. You aren’t under attack. Those vampires, werewolves and Lady Gagas you see mean that it’s finally Halloween! Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Listen, I know. It’s … Continue reading
This is exactly what coffee WOULD do to me! I had my first lover at 5-years-old. When we first met, she was dressed in orange. With my little, inexperienced fingers, I held her close, steam rising from her caramel completion, soaking my face, and her scent…it teased me with promises of great taste to come. … Continue reading
from Ew! Comic Books! Vadar and I having a moment I attended the Wizard World Philadelphia comic con last weekend, and there were plenty of highlight-making moments that could be number one. It could have been hopping into the passenger’s seat of the 1960′s Batmobile and rolling out every single “Holy!” line that Robin once … Continue reading
from The No Niche Who are the Others on my family island? Being biracial can leave you torn between two worlds, if you’re close to one parent and not the other. All of my life, my sister and I have only known my mom’s Ukrainian side of the family. We weren’t close with our African … Continue reading
from Ew! Comic Books! Illustration by Kathleen Foley Every time my fingers worriedly rubbed my right eye, dread clasped its steel hands around my throat, making it harder and harder to breath. “I can’t believe this is happening…” I could barely hear my own words over the pounding of my heart. “No. No. No. No!” … Continue reading
from The No Niche My pen used to save the galaxy. I sat at my third grade desk, with my hands hidden inside, and my light brown eyes lit with wonder at the magical pen between my fingers. It was a special pen, not one of those fancy, felt tip or gold-lined pens, but better … Continue reading
