“Hill House neither sleeps nor dreams. Shrouded within its overgrown lawns and sprawling woodlands, the long shadows of mountains and ancient oaks, Hill House watches. Hill House waits,” (Hand 3). Struggling playwright Holly Sherwin has just received a grant to develop her play, an adaption of The Witch of Edmonton, that may just bring her the success …
“It’s a feeling that comes from inside a person. A brightness certain people possess that makes them unique. Your heart glows especially bright, Kess Pedrock,” (Averling 116). Kess Pedrock’s life is unnatural. Her favourite hobby is looking for megafauna fossils and skeletons, she lives in her family’s Unnatural History Museum, and her best friend is …
I received this book from Playwrights Canada Press in exchange for an honest review. Jamaican Canadian screenwriter Julie is working on her passion project, adapting the beloved To Kill a Mockingbird from the perspective of the Finch family’s Black maid, Calpurnia. But Julie has lived a privileged life. Her father, a successful judge, helped get her a successful literary …
“Sometimes we let our truths rot in darkness to preserve the lies we tell in the light,” (“A Cure for Fear of Screaming,” Varghese 147). Varghese’s debut short story collection Chrysalis has gotten a lot of hype surrounded around it and it is deserved each and every one of them (including the numerous awards it has won). …
I received this book from Simon and Schuster Influencer Program in exchange for an honest review. “That was the thing about families. They knew even the things you wanted to keep secret,” (Sambury). Grieving her mother’s sudden death, Sunny Behre knows she has what it takes to take up her role as leader of her family, as her …
“Maybe I don’t wanna fight a dragon. Maybe I wanna be a dragon. I’m going to write a campaign and I’m going to be the Dungeon Master this time. The Dragon Master Dungeon Master,” (Formato 16). Things aren’t going well for Riley Henderson. She has to take the bus to school now, make herself an afterschool …
“That was the problem with love. It was hard to learn, no matter how harsh the lesson,” (Bardugo 209-210). Alex Stern is determined to get her Virgil, Darlington, out of Hell. Even though the Lethe House has forbidden it, Alex has a plan in place that might just get her and her group to Hell and …
On January 23 2024, Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk publicly offered to redesign Gypsy-Rose’s house. A fan on TikTok decided to shoot their shot at being friends with Gypsy by sending a voice note of them singing changed lyrics to “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley. If you search “Gypsy-Rose Blanchard” on Etsy you get a variety of merchandise, from shirts and sweaters …
I received this book from Playwrights Canada Press in exchange for an honest review. “And I wonder, I wonder why they tell stories about my cold, dark eyes, the ugly old virgin, the mother of monsters who eats their children as pay for their questions, when no one will stay and have a drink, get to know …
“That was what magic did. It revealed the heart of who you’d been before life took away your belief in the possible,” (Bardugo 71). Alex Stern never thought she’d be going to Yale. A recovering addict and lone survivor of an unsolved homicide, Alex is given the second chance to attend Yale on a paid scholarship. …
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