by Cole Salao |
Do you remember begging mom or dad for a story before bed? Listening to a short tale would get you in the mood to sleep and prepare you for your journey to dreamland. As you grew up, you probably stopped asking for these nightly story sessions. You saw it as corny,...
by Kaelyn Barron
Published in 1965, Frank Herbert’s Dune is an epic sci-fi masterpiece that follows Paul Atreides, a gifted young man who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. Dune has been brought back into...
by Kaelyn Barron
The damsel in distress. The mad scientist. The complicated love triangle. Chances are you know more than one story that employs each of these tropes. Some tropes are overused, which leads to painfully predictable, unoriginal stories. But when writers place classic...
by Kaelyn Barron
Although The Witcher is one of Netflix’s most-watched shows, it actually started over 30 years ago as a short story, which Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski entered into a magazine’s short story competition—and placed third. Sapkowski turned the concept of...
by Cole Salao
English words can be confusing for many reasons, but most of the frustration probably stems from words with similar or near-similar spellings, yet different meanings or pronunciations. The words “biannual” and “biennial” are two such terms that...
