The Long Weeping – By Jessie van Eerden ( An excerpt )
( The Long Weeping - In this collection of portraits, the eye is the vital “lamp of the body,” a spiritual organ...
Lewis Carroll and Nonsense – By Kenny Chumbley
“It sounds uncommon nonsense.” The Mock Turtle
Among the storied authors of children’s...
The Rise of the Cli-Fi Literary Genre – By Danny Bloom
As the 20th century began to morph into the 21st century in the late 1990s, the global landscape of cultural production started to teem...
Love in the Time of Covid – By Robin Gregory
“Magical realism gives a voice to the soul, a language to the heart.”
Time is a fickle mistress. Even scientists and philosophers...
Where has all the laughter gone? – By Mitali Chakravarty
There was a time when limericks and humorous poetry made us laugh, when ‘Laughter is the Best Medicine!’ brought tears of merriment to multiple...
H. Rider Haggard: Northern Lights and Valkyries
By Kenny Chumbley
Before Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quatermain; before The Last Jedi, there was King Solomon’s Mines;and before the 1958 swashbuckler, The Vikings,...
The Formula for Fantasy – By Kenny Chumbley
All fairy tales are fantasy, but not all fantasies are fairy tales. Fairy tales require fairy folk (elves, gnomes, etc.). The Three Little Pigs...
Summer At Their Home – By Kunal Mehra
Every summer, starting when I was around eight, my mom, sister, and I would pack our bags, buy train tickets and hop on the...
Notes on Conceptual Fiction – By Ted Gioia
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Is it possible that the idea of "realism" as a guiding principle for fiction is itself unrealistic? After all, there are no Newtonian laws in stories—an...
My Journey as an Artist & Art Instructor – Cynthia Yatchman
I was lucky enough to grow up in a household that supported and practiced the arts. I went to elementary school at a time when...
