Fiction

am grateful to my parents for cheering me on in this way. I believe God has given me the gift of storytelling. Although I have written off and on over the years, I have been more committed to writing in the last year. I believe writing Christian fiction is the best way to tell the stories God has laid on my heart. While I pray God would use these stories to reach the unsaved, I believe my primary audience is the young adult Christian reader. I desire to share stories of encouragement that will…

Lead by Example: Fact or Fiction? What is a leader? “A leader is someone who demonstrates what’s possible” -Mark Yarnell. Leaders are brave, don’t give up, and they lead from their heart. One of the leaders that we know is God. He made anything possible and everything you can’t imagine. Is it Fact or Fiction to be a leader? If you picked fiction, is your life a fantasy? There are two choices to make in order to be a leader. Those choices are to be marvelous or atrocious. The real leader is…

Science Fiction is almost exponentially broad in terms of its definition. For the sake of my argument we will be looking at this genre for its discussions regarding the consequences and encounters with change that is poses. Throughout the majority of human history, society moved slowly. Because of this it was nearly impossible for people to visualize a future that diverged drastically from their own case. When the Scientific Revolution occurred it brought with it new discoveries of astronomy and…

In the movie, Stranger than Fiction, the director develops the major character in the film, which is Harold, by using different elements such as cinematography, visual design, literary concepts, and sound/music. By using these elements, the director guides the viewer to understand the point of view, psychology, and emotional dimension of the character. For instance, at the beginning of the film, sound is used to narrate and describe Harold’s personality. The narrator guides the audience as the…

History of Virginia: Fact vs. Fiction The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution. J. K. Rowling When the name John Smith has been heard the brain automatically replays the epic love story of a dashing and brave Englishman and his beautiful and spiritual Native American love. In the story Smith is nearly killed by the chief of Pocahontas’s tribe, who incidentally happens to be the girl’s father. Pocahontas then endangers her own life and…

Sirens rang out loudly in the early hours of the morning. Police cars, a fire truck, and an ambulance sped into the parking lot, one after the other. First, the sound of footsteps sprinting up the stairwell could be heard, followed by the pounding of a fist on the door. After announcing who they were several times, police officers rushed through the door of our apartment. Katherine and Michael’s lifeless bodies were strewn on the floor.; bottles of beer in their hands. I sat in the corner of the…

The starless sky was casket-black and brooding. Even the clouds seemed morose. Frozen hands clasped algid steel as the Kelly gang gazed upon their foe. The cold, malevolent wind howling and mewled through Dan and the souls of the Kelly gang in every which way. “Bang!” A fierce sound of bullet from the police startled Dan’s ears. The last stand of the Kelly gang has begun. “Fire!” Dan’s brother Ned shouted with a quivering voice. It was Dan’s first time seeing his brother getting extremely…

“Eve! Get down here!” screamed my mother. I panicked because I knew what was coming. It’s happened so many times before. “Eve! Get down here and clean the floors,” she continued. I hurried downstairs, even though I knew mother would punish me anyway. I got on my knees and started furiously scrubbing the floorboards. My mother started berating me. “Clean there again! That’s not good enough! Too slow! What are you, a turtle? Oh my lord. Have I mentioned how hideous you are?” A tear rolled down my…

Dalmora The wind howled through the night, Mira was wrapped up like a man in Antarctica Mira turns to the side and says to her husband "it's been cold for three nights how much longer do I have to freeze my arse off" her husband replies "I'm tired let me sleep" Mira turns her head back and stares at the ceiling "sigh I guess i'll go to sleep". The Dream Mira woke up but not where she thought she would Mira awoke in a strange world there was elven woman dressed in white with white hair and pale…

“Angelica, I need to talk to you.” “About what?” “Mom is worried about you.” “Why?” “You’ve been acting strange, girl.” “Look Simone, she don’t have to worry about me, I’m fine.” “Is there anything you need to talk to me about?” “No, I told you nothing’s wrong.” “Okay, If you say so.” Simone then left her room, went back to the kitchen, Marie was still sitting at the table. Simone sat down and said, “Mom, I talked to her and she said there’s nothing wrong.” “Well, don’t worry about it.” “If you…