Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is not just a lie, but a cover up in an attempt for one Romeo Montague’s personal gain. He was promised immortality if and only if he murdered the person who trusted him most: his new wife, Juliet of the Capulets. But what Romeo didn’t foresee was that Juliet wou...
The Butterfly Clue’s Kate Ellison is back with a haunting new novel, Notes from Ghost Town. Olivia Tithe thinks she’s going crazy. Her best friend and first love Lucas Stern keeps popping up out of the blue. It wouldn’t bother her except for the fact that Stern’s dead. He was killed almost a...
Eddie Jones’ Dead Man’s Hand is a book that brings back the forgotten, but still beloved, Wild, Wild West. Fourteen year old Nick Caden travels with his bickering parents and bothersome younger sister to Deadwood Canyon Ghost Town, a vacation that, needless to say, wasn’t his first choice. Wit...
It was hot. From my place on the stoop, I could see steam rising from the burning, black asphalt of the street. Sitting outside in the heat was better than sitting in the apartment in the heat. In fact, anything was better than sitting in the apartment. Even three floors away my ears still couldn’...
There’s a chance it’s going to rain tonight, a chance you’ll wear blue tomorrow, a chance that you will survive cancer and a chance that you won’t. Despite everything in modern day technology, doctors are only able to tell patients the chance that they will beat their disease, but they are n...
First move from here to there.
Cardboard boxes filled to the brim
decorate empty rooms.
The moving van backs into the driveway;
Two men come out and begin loading
My Berenstain Bears books, Beanie Babies, and Phillies tees.
My friends arrive,
And cry with me.
My smile is long gone.
In its...
A big blue bowl of orange Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Sits guarded by dinosaur chicken nuggets.
Little hands belonging to little giants
Whisk the dinosaurs from their roosts
Dropping them on Zoo-Pal plates.
Glasses cling and clang at one end,
Plastic forks and spoons barely whisper at the other.
One t...
Cottages sit small and sweet
Atop hills of emerald green.
Each with a smoke stack brewing,
Melting away an afternoon mist.
Mysterious colors pierce dreary clouds
Sending promises of sunshine.
Carefully mounted before Sheephaven Bay,
The Castle of Doe overlooks
Yesterday’s future
And tomor...
The Ivory King watches
Amidst his empire of well-aged marvels that glisten like newly earthed diamonds.
Sailing through his deep dynasty of darkness is the army.
Sought after desires, life-long targets, and the wants of many.
The Ivory King's eyes gaze past his kingdom
Into the eyes filled...
John Green’s An Abundance Of Katherines has been on my ‘To-Read’ list for a while now. Each time my finger met the spine of the book at the library or bookstore, I could never bring myself to remove it from its perch. I would always glance at it, afraid to open it because I didn’t want finis...
Readers around the world have welcomed Bliss, the new chilling novel by best selling author, Lauren Myracle (Internet Girls series) with open arms, myself included. At first glance, Bliss seems to be an ordinary murder-mystery story. But it is an extraordinary example of the saying “everything is ...
Today was the day! It was a hot July morning and Joseph Armstrong was busily putting his fishing equipment into his Dad's car. Earlier in the summer, Mr. Armstrong had told Joseph that he would take a day off so that they could go fishing together. Joseph had been so excited and was running back and...
Every time someone says determination,
They think of him.
Him and his: I’m-capable-of-doing-anything attitude.
Today he’ll start,
And today he’ll finish.
Big projects, little projects,
No projects will cause him to brew.
When he rises above any situation,
His smile turns to...
Happiness is raincoat yellow.
It smells like roses on a summer’s day.
Happiness tastes like warm homemade cookies.
Happiness sounds like the laughter of little children playing in the fields.
It feels like sand between your toes.
Happiness looks like presents under a Christmas tree.
Happ...
Cancer Stinks
Not everyone has it
But everyone hates it
The treatments are nasty
They cause pain and suffering
Families cry
Friends worry
And children wonder why
The patient’s sadness is hidden by their smile
Hospital visits are never fun
Not for you, or me, not for anyone
Each nigh...
Your smile was there,
On my first day of school.
Through the good times and the bad.
Your smile was here,
When the rain wouldn’t stop,
Your smile brightened my day.
Your smile was here,
As I played in my room,
As I ran around the yard,
As I arrived at your house,
Your smile was there...
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