I know, I know. It's weird. It's speculative. It's often meandering and not entirely straightforward or cohesive. But it's my first attempt at writing a sestina, let alone a double sestina, and I make no apologies. For those unaware, a sestina is a kind of circular form of poetry, characterized by repeated end words in…
Sagas of Siegyrd is a serialized noblebright fantasy available to read each Tuesday at The Sibilant Sword, a Christian blog devoted to sanctification through storytelling. With grimdark dominating much of the fantasy genre, it’s refreshing to find a story that promotes virtue, one I would be happy to read to my three daughters when they…
Clara slipped her feet into the stirrups, knees spread. Naked from the waist down, she felt the chill of the sterile room beneath the thin gown as the technologist handed her the wand, properly lubricated, and told her to guide it between her legs. The silent vision appeared, and out of the darkness materialized the uproar of the womb.
"Where the Crawdads Sing" by wildlife scientist Delia Owens is marketed as an “ode to natural world,” but Owens takes the theme further than a simple celebration of nature and into the realm of morality. At the heart of the novel is this presupposition: what is natural is inherently moral. Owens’ story follows Kya Clark,…
Bone of Bones 