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A New Year, A New Adventure: Reflections and Revelations for 2025
Greetings, dear readers, and welcome to 2025! Another year has arrived, and with it, a fresh chapter for us to write together. There’s always a unique energy at the start of a new year—a mix of hope, ambition, and maybe a little too much leftover holiday dessert. It’s the perfect time to dream big, set… Read More
Christmas, Seasons, Time Travel
A Christmas Carol: A Tale of Ghosts, Guilt, and… Time Travel?
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved and analyzed works in literary history. It’s a story of transformation, redemption, and seasonal cheer—or, more bluntly, a warning not to be a jerk, lest ghosts hijack your holiday plans. But while we’re busy discussing its social commentary and warm fuzzy ending, we often… Read More
Author, Seasons
The Spirit of the Season: A Reflection and a Look Ahead
As another year draws to a close, it’s hard not to pause and reflect on all that has transpired. In many ways, the past twelve months have been a whirlwind of challenges, triumphs, and moments of quiet wonder. For those of us who live and breathe storytelling—whether through crafting new worlds or simply enjoying them—this… Read More
Adventure, Seasons
Christmas Chronicles: The Warm, The Weird, and The WTF
Ah, Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year—and the most overexploited in literature and film. From Dickens’ heartwarming A Christmas Carol to the Hallmark Channel’s industrial-scale production of small-town love stories, Christmas has inspired countless tales. Some make us cry tears of joy; others make us cry because we’ve wasted two hours of our… Read More
Author, Seasons
A Change in Scenery
The week before Thanksgiving I took a trip with my sister to Seattle, Washington to visit an aging relative who can’t travel on his own anymore. While it’s always fun to see cherished family, it can be difficult to see them slowing down and unable to do the things that they enjoyed in the past.… Read More
Horror
When Jack-o’-Lanterns Meet Jingle Bells: Horror-Christmas Mash-Ups That Slay
Halloween’s over, the pumpkins are rotting, and the skeletons are packing it in for another year. But just when you thought it was safe to stash the cobwebs and fog machine, it happens. The Christmas creep. You’re at the store buying clearance candy corn, and Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You slams… Read More
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