Grief Cottage – A Coming of Age Ghost Story
I felt no big-brotherly protectiveness coming from this watcher, only an intense, almost affronted curiosity. Whatever was looking down [...]
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Into the Water – Welcome to The Drowning Pool
Beckford is not a suicide spot. Beckford is a place to get rid of troublesome women. The very first page of Into the Water by Paula [...]
Skitter – The Arachnid Apocalypse Continues
It was a big freaking spider. These are the very first words of Skitter by Ezekiel Boone, which continues where last year’s The Hatching [...]
Protecting Pharaoh’s Treasures – My Life in Egyptology
This book by the noted Egyptologist Dr. Wafaa El-Saddik, Protecting Pharaoh’s Treasures, published by The American University in Cairo [...]
Poet’s Corner – The Cloisters
Standing still in a manuscript of time Medieval arches and tapestries Grace the cold stone walls in sacred imagery Saintly statues nod and [...]
Quicksand – Determining Guilt in the Aftermath of a Mass Shooting
It smells like rotten eggs. The air is hazy and gray with gunpowder smoke. Everyone has been shot by me. I haven’t got even as much [...]
Five Fun Novels About the Circus
The announcement that the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus will be closing on May 21 marks the end of an era. The company [...]
How to Write a POEM (REDUX)
Many times during the years I have written a “How to Write a Poem Poem.” It’s one of those questions people ask. And even [...]
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