By Shafa F.K. When asked if I would like a drink, sometimes I would say, “Yes, thank you.” And if the next question was, “What kind?” My answer would be, “Anything works for me.” Surely, “Thank you” would be the words that came to mind for the person. I encountered these common situations whenever I … Continue reading Aunt Tiwi’s Tea
Lusting After Intuition
By Jeanine Stewart Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope. – Jane Austen Somewhere along the path of singlehood, solitariness begins to take on a life of its own. It squeals to be soothed, nags at me as I walk the half mile to … Continue reading Lusting After Intuition
Morning After
By C. Inanen I’m always amused by the contrast between a show and the morning after, the next day. On stage it can be electric on a good night, the next morning maybe not so much. Sometimes it’s like the aftermath of a storm. We’d gathered for breakfast in the Navy Gateway Inns & Suites … Continue reading Morning After
The Editor Who Couldn’t See Straight
By Myeisha Essex Previously published in Silver Clouds Magazine There was a time when my life was fueled by pure newsroom adrenaline. I was the Senior Editor overseeing the evening assignment desk at one of the nation’s top entertainment news organizations. My shift was 2 p.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. It was prime … Continue reading The Editor Who Couldn’t See Straight
The Creative Team of Just Dance – Taking a Look into the Games’ 3D Design
By Thomai Dunn Just Dance is a series of rhythm games developed by Ubisoft. It turns popular music into a series of dance routines that the player(s) is/are tasked to mimic physically.1 On the surface, it just looks like 1-4 characters (“coaches” in the game) dressed in colorful outfits dancing to Eye of the Tiger … Continue reading The Creative Team of Just Dance – Taking a Look into the Games’ 3D Design
The Recording
By J.S. O’Keefe The sunset bleeds into the hills as if the sky had been chopped up with a pickax. Mid-autumn; the tree leaves have turned gold, light yellow, rusty red. It’s picture-card beautiful. Then the ground trembles. It’s an earthquake, or divine judgment. Or something worse. What could be worse? At the far end … Continue reading The Recording
The Adventurer
By Fred Klein Troy was excited to finally get his adventure started. He had planned this exploration of old mine sites in the Eastern Sierra Mountains for months. He had his high-clearance, Four Wheel Drive, Range Rover with all the supplies he would need for several weeks. He had a full-size spare tire, a winch … Continue reading The Adventurer
Beauty within the Periphery
By Alex Andy Phuong Even with the realityOf setting boundaries,Life itself could still beTruly extraordinary,So be willing to embraceBeing part of the human race,And witness the wonderOf living in a world like no other,And dare to careBy helping one anotherSo that people could hopefully seeWith a newfound sense of clarity,And find golden opportunities To become … Continue reading Beauty within the Periphery
Element
By Craig Dobson Surfacing too slow,knowing he hasn’t made it, the boy blows his last gasp, parting the water above, filling his open mouth not with drowningbut his own dead breath,before the air’s sweet ease is his again.Though now he knows nothing lives beyond, and nothing this side can show more than binds him to … Continue reading Element
Errant Minutes
By Sally Lee This morning lasted four seconds—long enough for light to change its mind, for the pot to think of boiling, and forget. Steam from the mug hadn’t even reached its curvebefore light slipped from the table and onto the wall,then off again. Voice folded into the air,before the phone could ring its tune.It … Continue reading Errant Minutes
Academy of the Heart And Mind 