Vantage Point (A story about you)

Once I looked down the pier on a freezing night; it was empty. I smiled because I imagined the people there. It’s easier to deal with them -- their largeness and loudness --when they aren’t really there. Once I was brave enough I walked down it. The hot light from the tower at the end …

Promise Me

Here's one of the last stories I wrote for my writing class in high school. Now that I'm at university we'll see how things go. Anyway, I felt like posting this so I will. Even though a grand total of 3 people still read blogs (congrats, you must be one of the three). Even if …

I Gotta Talk About Fiasconauts

I've gotta talk about it! You read the title!! Or maybe you just skipped to this bit in which case, I like your style. Anyway, Fiasconauts. I'm a big fan of podcasts because they require little commitment, you can listen to them pretty much anywhere, and they can be a really interesting and creative form …

Eclipses for Eyes

Maybe you've heard of the Swedish-American band Miike Snow, or maybe you haven't. If you haven't, allow me to introduce you. They deserve way more recognition than they receive but in a way, that's a nice thing for me. That way I can keep them to myself and I don't have to share them with …

Vigilante Sunrise

“Can I take that? Thank you.” Without waiting for an answer, she snatched the drink from her friend’s hand and downed it in a second. The lights were still too bright and the music and chatter still too loud. The room was an oven, and if she closed her eyes it felt like she was …

What Am I Watching?

I'm one of those terrible people that like to say "No, I don't watch a lot of TV," when in reality, I'm a fiend for Netflix and I can keep up with ten shows at a time (not that I recommend that. Seriously, don't do that). It's true that I don't watch just anything. I …

First Date Book Tag

Traditionally speaking, the nature of a "tag" is that you have to be "tagged" by somebody else to answer some questions, but I decided that I'm going to tag myself and do this for fun. This is a fairly old tag but I like to disregard the rules and so I'm going to do it …

No Man’s Land

   When I come to, the sky is caught somewhere between night and day. Silence surrounds me, and fragmented memories jangle around my brain like loose change. I see the landmine, the explosion. A white-hot pain brings me back to the present, and my cry echoes out across the empty battlefield. I look down and …

The Break – Katherena Vermette

“The dead don't hang on, the living do. The dead don't have anything to hang on to. Our bodies become nothing, and we just float around the people who love us. We go back to nothing. That is all we ever were or should ever be.” - Katherena Vermette, The Break Happy new year! Over the …

NaNoWriMo 2017 – A Memoir

Oh boy. Here we go. Yeah. My first ever NaNoWriMo was one thing and one thing only: a trainwreck. Okay, fine, maybe that's unfair. One woman's trainwreck is someone else's triumph I guess. If you aren't familiar, NaNoWriMo (or just NaNo, as it's known in the "community") stands for National Novel Writing Month. The essential …