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  Zero Dark Thirty

  

  By MattTrzcinski, Mashpee, MA

  The opening scene of Zero Dark Thirty is absolutely brilliant. The screen flashes the words “September 11, 2001,” and then fades to black. All we hear are audio clips from that infamous day: firefighters, screams, panic. All of the pain, anger, and sadness of 9/11 comes back at you full force wi...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  Streets of Gold

  

  By MattTrzcinski, Mashpee, MA

  Streets of Gold April 1935 America. The land of opportunity. The streets of gold. He had made it there. Only to find it was all lies. Giuseppe Bosellini, or Joseph Bosellini as the Ellis Island immigrations office had so unceremoniously named him, had made it to Am...
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  Sinister

  

  By MattTrzcinski, Mashpee, MA

  When I first heard about Sinister, I wasn’t expecting much. I mean, how generic can a title get? (The advertisements boasted how it was from Jason Blum, the producer of Insidious, a man who apparently makes his living off of creepy adjectives). After seeing the trailers though, the film seemed...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  Burning Autumn Leaves

  

  By MattTrzcinski, Mashpee, MA

  “The amber leaves were covered with snow, signaling winter” Eleanor dismayed at the comment written at the top of her paper. “It is not a poem if it does not rhyme. F” Mr. Berkler, the schoolmaster, did not appreciate her particular writing style, and he was failing her in English. She co...
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  My Big Row

  

  By MattTrzcinski, Mashpee, MA

  When nine of my friends and I, all members of Sea Scouts (a water-centric co-ed version of Boy Scouts for high schoolers), rowed 60 year-old surf boats into the port in Vineyard Haven, I doubt anyone gave us a second look. We were just another group of faces in the crowd. A daily occurrence, real...