I was a teacher for 39 years. I had a student named Matthew who is now a 41-year-old man. He has stayed in contact with me since he was a 17-year-old student in my high school history class. Mathew ...
It's fair to say that the pages of your local newspaper aren't always the best place to turn for inspiration. There's enough turmoil in the world to fill any local edition, and those of us in the news ...
There's only so much that your morning cup of joe can do for your day. Sure that extra burst of caffeine is the perfect kickstart, but sometimes we need a little more than that. Hey, we all have bad ...
There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...
Life can often feel quite heavy. Hard things happen, a mountain of a project grows on the horizon, a challenge lies ahead on your journey. In all of these scenarios, you might find yourself staring ...
For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...
Long active in the health and health policy fields and passionate about those disciplines, Dr. Nicole Saphier, a Fox News medical contributor, is also "equally passionate about being a mother," she ...
Director Bianca Poletti is stepping into horror. In her short film Video Barn, two young women work at a small town’s gloomy ...