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  The Beauty of the Cosmos

  

  By The.King, Golden, CO

  A young man, not yet a high school graduate, lies in a canoe floating on a still lake deep in the North American woods. An almost imperceptible breeze flutters just above the water's surface, its chilling tendrils faintly brushing over the contented teen. It's just past midnight, and the cabins lini...
• Reviews > Movie Reviews
  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  Its 9:14, long before you would expect anyone to be at a theater for any old midnight launch. However, instead of business as usual, the theater is packed, with lines wrapping around the concession stand, throughout the building and bursting out the door. Tonight is the culmination of literary gen...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Moving On

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  This graduation is a closing Of a chapter of our lives But into a another chapter We pick up our pens to write Each book will unfold differently As we go our separate ways But maybe, with conditions right We’ll meet again someday We have a journey ahead of us The journey that is life ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Tyrant

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  Is this what a father is? a mother? where i'm headed? intoxicated rages, drunken brawls to come home and beat the first i see? all i've ever known is you and your brutal fist and what you've told me i'm useless i'm pathetic i'm an accident i'll never be an...
• Reviews > Video game reviews
  Assassins Creed: Brotherhood on X-box 360, PS 3

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  As the third installment of the acclaimed "Assassins Creed" series, Brotherhood picks up right where Assassins Creed II left off. The game follows Ezio Auditore da Firenze, now a Master Assassin, through renaissance age Italy as he rebuilds Rome following the oppression by the Borgia fami...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Ones you "Love"

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  Can’t you see they’re hurting you? That the bad guys that you date Are only keeping you, dragging you down And filling your heart with that much hate? In them you see adventure In them you see fun But when I take one look at them All I see is another one Another one with a criminal r...
• Reviews > Video game reviews
  Halo: Reach on X-box 360

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  On September 14th, 2010, the much anticipated Halo: Reach was released to an eager crowd. Breaking 200 million dollars in sales on the first day, Halo: Reach set numerous records for the video game franchise… and for very good reasons. Halo: Reach is the final installment of the Halo series that...
• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  John Doe: Property of the United States Government

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  Pose yourself this question: “who owns my body, me or the government?” You probably answered “me” correct? As stated in our Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienab...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Spire

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  As time moved on, humanity’s intelligence grew exponentially. On Sunday, April 4th, 3542, we invented a method that could link the minds of people. In doing this, we entered a stage where all of human intelligence could be combined into a single thinking being, entering an “intelligence spiral...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  The Basement Hero

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  I scan the area with my scope, but I can’t see the enemy. I know they’re around, so I jump off of my ledge to the ground below. I’m right in the middle of them! There’s no time to aim… BAM! I fire my sniper rifle and land a lucky shot. One down, four to go… Another has his back turn...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  The Invaders

  

  By The.King, PARKER, CO

  “FALL BACK!” Commander Ajax roared. He could not help but watch as artillery of immeasurable power detonated over his front lines. The massive explosions brought down hundreds of his men in a blinding white flash. He felt the concussions of each blast tear through him as each one obliterated...
• Art /
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  Snowy Branches

  

  By The.King, Golden, CO