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 […]
Author: kconklin
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 […]
Book-a-Month-Challenge September Prompt: Read about Memories
“Memories have ways of becoming independent of the reality they evoke. They can soften us against those we were deeply hurt by or they can make us resent those we […]
Song for Autumn: Longing for Change
“Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now/ how comfortable it will be to touch/ the earth” –Mary Oliver, Song for Autumn This time of year always pricks my spirit […]
For Writers: A Virtual Master Class You Won’t Want to Miss!
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.” —Ernest Hemingway Although the best writing looks effortless, writing takes […]