You know that saying, "When hell freezes over"? People should stop saying it. Hell is probably freezing to begin with. Much like Calgary. Calgary is the kind of cold that makes you forget you were ever warm. It's the kind of cold that burns cities, as evidenced by the steam that seems to rise off … Continue reading Freezing
S.I.V. 2.0
The first SIV story can be found here, if you’re curious. I wrote this sequel for my Science Fictions & Fantasies class in my last semester of third year. You can compare it to the origin… Source: S.I.V. 2.0
Visiting My Grandparents
Note: I wrote this on December 22nd, 2015 after a visit while I was home for the holidays. Being the holidays, I was busy and got distracted before I could put it up. I forgot about it until now, but here it is at last. It's just a short piece. Hope you like it. My grandfather should … Continue reading Visiting My Grandparents
The Fault in Fairy Tales
I'm supposed to be polishing up a final draft of my Textual Intervention piece right now. "Textual Intervention" is basically a fancy way of saying fan-fiction. Last semester, this is what I did for Textual Intervention. This semester, the genre we're working on is fairy tales. Instead of turning a fairy tale into something completely … Continue reading The Fault in Fairy Tales
Book Review: The Book Thief
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. No Spoilers. I've been meaning to read this book for years. I first picked it up in twelfth grade. I had been on a streak of Holocaust stories including The Diary of Anne Frank, Hanna's Briefcase, and Yellow Star. It blew my mind (and still does) at the scale of destruction … Continue reading Book Review: The Book Thief
SIV
There are forty-five minutes left today. I need to do a little creative writing. Here is a short story I wrote last year. As with anything I've written over three weeks ago, I think it's rubbish. But it's a Saturday. The story is called SIV and is told from the perspective of a robot with … Continue reading SIV
The Mobster
Saturdays are story days! I will post short stories, poems, or anything else that I've written in the week. Unfortunately, all I've really written this past week are my assignments and some of Book3, so I'll just write something on the spot. ... There's people watching, and then there's accidental people watching. I've done both. People watching is … Continue reading The Mobster
Precarious Writer 