Book Review: Adventures in Space, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun

Book Review: Adventures in Space: Short Stories by Chinese and English Authors, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun Science Fiction/Short Stories: Adventures in Space: Short Stories by Chinese and English Authors, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun   When you’re in the throes of a reading slump (as I am), sometimes the perfect […]

2023 Celebrating National Poetry Month: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, Marjorie Maddox

Book Review: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, poetry by Marjorie Maddox, photographs by Karen Elias Poetry: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, poetry by Marjorie Maddox, photographs by Karen Elias   The first night of the blizzard that stranger inched into Ohio. Halfway through he skidded into our snow-spackled lives. His heart is buried In my […]

2023 National Poetry Month Celebration: Early Rain

Early Rain   City streets shimmer Headlights, street lights, building lights Refract off rivulets.  Rattles and booms declare the business Of delivery trucks bringing wares.  Strings wrapped around barren branches Twinkle through the drops Which beat their uneven rhythm On my umbrella. Car engines purr As their tires stage whisper cues, “Watch out. We splash.” […]

Blog Tour: Infinity Gate, M.R. Carey

Book Review: Infinity Gate, The Pandominion Book 1, M.R. Carey Science Fiction: Infinity Gate, The Pandominion Book 1, M.R. Carey   When my children were young, companies began producing interactive children’s books for the computer. Of course, the computer was not “telling” them the story. It was written by people, programmed by people, recorded by […]

Happy Birthday!

Saturday, Scintilla turned 5 years old! On April 1, 2018, our first blog post went up. In case you missed it–and most likely you did since nobody knew about us–you can revisit it HERE. I’d love to say we marked our 5th birthday with cake and ice cream, candles and a party. However, since our […]