Ark of the Lost Angels

My writing is described as being heavily detailed in terms of its settings and its characters. I’d say that’s true. As a fan of movies, the little details about the world always impressed me, and I have tried to flesh out the details by continually asking “why?” Why does a…

Where to go next is a loaded question. Creative writing started for me as something that I did during my high school classes after I was caught up on taking notes to keep me occupied. Then it grew into something I did when the classes were boring, and during my…

Microfiction is tricky to write. I recently participated in a microfiction challenge, and as someone who usually tells a story in upwards of sixty-five thousand words, capturing something in sixty-five, it was incredibly challenging. However, it is a helpful skill to have. The piece I wrote was a small scene,…

Plot is important to any story. It drives characters and their development, it provides situations to react to, it tells the story, and it provides conflict to be involved with. The standard storytelling plot is the introduction and exposition, where the conflict, characters and setting are introduced; followed by the…

Recently, I wrote a piece inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein. The novel touches on the nature of humanity, the motivations of a mad scientist, and what could the ramifications of playing god could have for humanity by telling the story of Victor Frankenstein, a man who brought to…

The short story, “The Purple Swamp Hen” the setting is a crucial part of the story. It begins with background information, with the description of Mediterranean bringing a specific idea: Italy, Greece, Turkey, etc. and the cultural tappings associated with those places. It then notes Pompeii by itself, which conjures…

Last week, I had the extraordinary opportunity to watch a live reading of a faculty member at my school read from his memoir. As a person who is bisexual and served in the United States Army under don’t ask, don’t tell, his perspective was very interesting. He had recently been…

“Welcome To Your Authentic Indian Experience” by Rebecca Roanhorse was a bit of a trip. At first, feeling very normal, nine-to-five guy with a job he hates but keeps it up to pay the bills. The only thing that felt off in the beginning was the use of second person,…

The narrative style of The Moon In Her Doorway by Joy Kennedy-O’Neill gives the impression very early on of the moon being a metaphor. The tone of the story appears light and whimsical: the moon falling out of the sky and trapping someone in their house is a ridiculous premise.…