BY JONATHAN PLATT Are we alone in the heavens? Is there life, including intelligent life, elsewhere in the universe? Read more

By M.C. Pehrson Word Count: 100 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A poem about early childhood. I wonder… Where do memories go? Countless days infused with life, Then lost among the mists of strife; Familiar sights, beloved faces, Childhood tears and happy places – Where do they go? To One all-worthy of our… Read more

BY ELLEN VIRGINIA Gripping Mary’s hand, I dragged her through the crowd, muscling out a path, until we broke out onto the side of the road. Read more

Another hill to climb another mile to go but wait there’s more Read more

BY HANNAH VINCENT “I’m a woman who is focused on her career who happens to be single and with no interest in a relationship.” Read more

“In television, along with the writers, the most important ingredient to a successful show are the actors. The writers create the characters on paper, but the actors then must turn them into flesh and blood humans (or aliens!). In the case of Star Trek: The Next Generation, much of its success would depend on the… Read more

By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 31845 Rating: PG for scary situations Summary: Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, is used to being alone, until one day a girl with auburn hair waltzes into his life… There was silence after the gasps uttered by everyone else while Nico and Scipio continued to lock… Read more

BY IAN T. WILSON You may not be completely aware of the significant influence they had on each other’s work. Read more

BY KAT CLEMENTS I’ve always considered myself a writer first and a librarian second. Still, a library is probably the best day job that a writer could have. Read more

“Light visible leagues away; confounding strangers for it never expires or fades.” Read more

The MC kindly applauded the latest competitor, who had been mediocre at best…. He looked down at a piece of paper in his hand, then spoke into his mic, “Please give a hand to our next contestant, Michelle Peterson… ‘Shelly P.’!” Read more

BY RACHAEL MAUGHAN When the Time Traveler first laid eyes on this future world, he had no inkling of the darkness that lay beneath it. Read more

“So Oyarsa wants me to remind you that all hnau have their moment of temptation, where they are placed against the one limit the Maker has set for them.” Read more

BY PATRICK W. KAVANAGH The hammer strikes the fiery steel, the sparks, like fireflies, dance and wheel, the anvil rings out like a bell, a slow, relentless, steady beat. Read more

“I am Queen, and who but I should reign?” Read more

BY ELLEN VIRGINIA I was screaming in sheer desperation, but my voice was ripped from my mouth, lost and futile in the pandemonium. Read more

Love matters – the gentle sway of my mind when the bars have come down and no edges stint my flow. Read more

BY MARTINA JURICKOVA As I started thinking about it more deeply and reflected on my previous research, I realized that silence, after all, has its place in Tolkien’s writing. Read more

“I know it’s hard to believe, but even the Kings and Queens of this very country make mistakes when nearly everyone outside of Narnia expects us to be perfect.” Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Swan and dragon, water and flame, grace and fierceness, fair yet untamed. Wings like the snow, breath like the sun. Read more