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Jan 21, 20226 min read
Week Fifty One
Spinning Silver A bargain for a gold, a price to be paid, chilling winter frosts, and a mysterious creature with an unknown name...you...
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Jan 7, 20224 min read
Week Forty Nine
The Tuesday Night Club Lets dive back into the mystery genre, but this time we're not looking at great male detectives. No this time who...
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Dec 31, 20216 min read
Week Forty Eight
Speech Sounds Speculating about the future can help us understand our society today. So lets read a sci-fi story about a pandemic!...
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Dec 3, 20215 min read
Week Forty Four
A Christmas Dream And How It Came To Be True We all know A Christmas Carol. This version for kids has a child learning the true meaning...
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Nov 26, 20214 min read
Week Forty Three
Everyday Use Sisters, one outgoing and one meek, heritage, and promises, and what it means to connect with your past. The Facts Text:...
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Nov 12, 20215 min read
Week Forty One
A Good Man Is Hard to Find Did not see the ending to this one coming... The Facts Text: A Good Man is Hard to Find ...
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Nov 5, 20215 min read
Week Forty
I Stand Here Ironing Can we ever really understand another? Does a bad past guarantee a bad future? And most importantly of all...just...
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Oct 1, 20214 min read
Week Thirty Five
Haunted Canada ITS SPOOKY TIME. Do you remember a story that scared you when you were a kid? Chances are one stands out. Let's unearth...
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Sep 24, 20214 min read
Week Thirty Four
Gorilla, My Love Alright, where's the gorilla, I was promised gorilla content in the title. The Facts Text: Gorilla, My Love ...
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Sep 17, 20213 min read
Week Thirty Three
The Story Of An Hour One twist, two twists, a widow cries, a widow laughs all in the space of an hour. The Facts Text: The Story Of An...
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Aug 12, 20214 min read
Week Twenty Eight
Jason Who Will Be Famous Have you ever dreamed of being famous? Do you know exactly what your destiny is? What you were meant to do and...
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Jun 25, 20214 min read
Week Twenty One
Bullhead A penny drops. It glitters and shines. Do you understand that not all things that shine like gold are good? The Facts Text:...
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Jun 18, 20214 min read
Week Twenty
Test Fill in the blanks. This week's is an an example of how can be used to tell a story without a focus...
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Jun 11, 20213 min read
Week Nineteen
Currents In The Feelings sections I talk about the connection between memory and time. Before that in The Fiction section I talk about...
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Jun 4, 20214 min read
Week Eighteen
Sleeping How many words do you think it takes to tell a good short story? It's probably less than you think. Have you ever been a...
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May 21, 20214 min read
Week Sixteen
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas If I described a city to you where everyone was happy would you believe in that city? What would it...
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May 14, 20214 min read
Week Fifteen
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall A glimpse into the mind and life of a woman dying. Let's hold her hand in these last moments. Themes of...
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May 7, 20214 min read
Week Fourteen
First Lives Club: Pretend Blood Margaret Atwood! Mary Queen of Scots! Chatrooms! Murder! We look at it all this week. The Facts Text:...
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Apr 30, 20215 min read
Week Thirteen
Queenie Coming of age, growing up too fast, love, family, memory. Is there is a word for someone you used to be close to who isn't in...
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Apr 23, 20214 min read
Week Twelve
The Conscience of The Court Loyalty, justice, love. Don't we all wish to live in a world where these three things always come through?...
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