As promised, here is the anticipated weekly breakdown for ACC in 2019. Mondays Smaller scale content on this blog, such as poetry and updates, coming weekly starting August 20, 2018. Initial content will include a Top 25 List of my favorite Television shows, and more poetry. Tuesdays Day of rest! Look for brand new novels […]
Read More ACC in 2019: Weekly BreakdownFor the past two years I’ve organized upcoming projects into initiatives– first ACC 2017 and then ACC 2018. That is not the case this year. Read on to learn why and what you can expect during the 2018-19 creative cycle. ACC 2017 & 2018 – In Memory Before I explain where I’m going in 2019, […]
Read More ACC in 2019Coming 2019… I think there’s a mistake a lot of people make when thinking about small towns, one we have TV to blame for. People think that they’re… I don’t know… ‘mini-cities’ or something; that you’ll find the same things you’d find in New York City or Philadelphia just smaller and a little off brand. […]
Read More Preview: The Outsiders ClubMy father: Thinks like a ticking analog clock, taking time apart with slow, methodical hands. Works like a cornerstone, standing tall despite the way the earth shifts and moves. Loves like a dancing dolphin, watching sunlight from below as it hits the waves. My mother: Works like a canary, singing in the coal mine […]
Read More Poem: FamilyMakeshift is a short story I wrote freshman year which recently received a National Gold Medal in Science Fiction/Fantasy writing from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. I am currently developing an extended version of the story as a novella, and I’m providing a short preview here for your enjoyment. The first thing that struck Ally […]
Read More Preview: Makeshift(h)yo͞omən Noun: Fragile, precious object, Capable of beauty Yet chooses darkness. Weak and worn. Once in a lifetime occurrence. Never surrenders. Adjective: Not forever.
Read More Poem: HumanGuess what? You are not EVERYWHERE. you probably shouldn’t leave the house. Every violent event all my days best I could all the while life is risky every moment with no Change. Why not? You know no one . It is silly, Meaningless.
Read More Poem: You Are NotI stand, uncertain, swaying on unsteady feet My hair is frenzied and frenetic, Yet not nearly as scattered as my disparate face, Worn by the countless years of water stains and rough hands, It is an old book, Perhaps useful for nostalgia, But nevermore shall it be appreciated, For the life and fire which burned […]
Read More Poem: Worn OutYellow wheat waves softly in the calm midmorning wind The black shadows of the distant forest rear their two-dimensional heads The teal hat of the sleeping centaur threatens to fly away in the breeze The newly painted orange walls seem to call out for attention The pages of the traveler’s magazine smell of purple ink […]
Read More Poem: RecollectionThe river sings against the wind It sings a song against the wind It sings a song of valleys bridged And tumultuous torrents of other haunts. The forest sings against the wind It sings a song against the wind It sings a song of dotted hills And baby birds of higher trees. The […]
Read More Poem: A River Song
