Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do
This morning we wake up to a world without David Bowie. It seems impossible that he's gone. If...
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The Mormon Bishop Challenge: Marry a same-sex couple
Is there a religious equivalent to the term "civil disobedience"? As in, a term for defying one's church leaders when you find their edicts unjust or immoral? Something more warm-sounding than "...
Blueprint for murder?
Like many writers, I have long had the habit of keeping notes about future story ideas. I was probably 17 or 18 when I had an idea for a story about man whose many siblings are...
Resisting being jerked around
You thought I was done with Christopher Bigelow's post, but I was only taking a little breather. After declaring that it's probably too late for him to change his ways anyway, even...
Another excerpt, this one ripped bleeding from Chapter 38
In my junior year of high school, I signed up for an advanced humanities class that encompassed history, literature, art, music, and drama from the beginning of recorded time. This daily seminar was presided over by...