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, 2022
- 4 min
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...
kristencote
- Dec 31, 2021
- 6 min
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!...
kristencote
- Dec 3, 2021
- 5 min
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...
kristencote
- Nov 26, 2021
- 4 min
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:...
kristencote
- Nov 12, 2021
- 5 min
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 ...
kristencote
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
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...
kristencote
- Oct 1, 2021
- 4 min
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...
kristencote
- Sep 24, 2021
- 4 min
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 ...
kristencote
- Sep 17, 2021
- 3 min
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...
kristencote
- Aug 12, 2021
- 4 min
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...
kristencote
- Jun 25, 2021
- 4 min
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:...
kristencote
- Jun 18, 2021
- 4 min
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...
kristencote
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
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...
kristencote
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
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...
kristencote
- May 21, 2021
- 4 min
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...
kristencote
- May 14, 2021
- 4 min
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...
kristencote
- May 7, 2021
- 4 min
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:...
kristencote
- Apr 30, 2021
- 5 min
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...
kristencote
- Apr 23, 2021
- 4 min
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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