Mothman and Mad Anne: Local Legends of Point Pleasant, WV
Local Legends: Mothman Last week, my brother and I went to visit Point Pleasant, WV with a few friends. Our goal was to visit the home of Mothman, one of […]
Kingdom of Discarded Words
A father sat scribbling away in his office. His desk light beat down upon the page and silhouetted his hunched form. Meanwhile, the rest of the room grew dim with […]
November Reading Prompt: Read an Opposite Worldview
“The only effect I ardently long to produce by my writings, is that those who read them should be better able to imagine and to feel the pains and joys […]
Learning to Empathize with Hedda Gabler
“It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.”― Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler Reading a play […]
Silhouette: A Spooky Story For October
Author’s Note: Sometimes the stories just write themselves. The inspiration for “Silhouette” stemmed from a night of oddities during my sophomore year of college. Six o’clock on an October evening, […]
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: The Spirit of Appalachian Music
“We don’t charge for tickets, because sometimes hungry people need music the most.” (The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, pp. 365) One of my favorite aspects of Suzanne Collins new […]
The Key to Freedom: A Short Story
Thunder rumbles in the distance, born of the clouds which have stolen the afternoon sun and brought me night before its time. A gust of warm air brushes through the […]
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: When Society Trades Truth for Lies
“I think there’s a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you’ve stepped across the line into evil, and it’s your life’s challenge to try and stay on […]