‘Ghosts’ I wrote in 2001, three weeks after my brother passed away for my English 101 composition class in college. I didn’t get a great grade on it. However, my professor
Game's okay. Anniversary review is shallow. There's so much to dislike about this game, yet he could barely think of anything.For example, how far too generous the crafting materials and resources are on even the higher difficulties and how
3 In his diary, the scientist describes his first view of Kamala and Amala (the names of the children). Kamala and Amala were terrible-looking creatures; the heads were like big balls covering the shoulders. Their eyes were bright and sharp, unlike human eyes. They were very fond of raw...
Lightning bugs also have different names around the world! InGreat Britain, for instance, lightning bugs are usually called "glow worms"because the most common subfamily that lives in Great Britain isLampyris. MaleLampyrisfly but don't glow, and femaleLampyrisglow but don't fly—so people don...
so the festive atmosphere is very strong. Suzhou people have a lot of food for the Winter Solstice. They have reunion dinner with families and the names of the dishes are very meaningful. The egg dumplings are called yuanbao, a shoe-shaped gold; the sprouts are called lucky vegetable; the...
The strain for most writers of creative non-fiction is the need to be 100% true to the facts—they cannot alter any minor detail or exaggerate anything. In fact, the only detail non-fiction writers can change are the names of the characters or places to protect the people involved. Non-...
The wind blows through the titular mansion as a narrator explains the ill-fated affair of two lovers without names. Their mysterious fate captures the attention of the mansion’s new owner, who finds himself enthralled by a spirit whom he believes is the beautiful lover who once lived in the...
Explore other columns from across the blog. Book Brawl: Geek Love vs. Water for Elephants In Book Brawl, two books that are somehow related will get in the ring and fight it out for the coveted honor of being declared literary champion. Two books enter. One book leaves. This month,......
The Saxon name for Transylvania is Siebenburgen. It is the most evocative of all the names given to the region as it means “seven fortresses” or “seven castles”. Each of those fortresses grew into a city. Anyone traveling to Transylvania for the first time or for a return visit coul...
Meanwhile, the names in contention for The Vampire Diaries‘ Elena Gilbert just may surprise you, as might the other contenders who were in the mix to sport Ryan Atwood’s white tank/black leather jacket combo. (Chris Pine wasn’t the only one trying to score a spot in the O.C. pool...