Month: December 2019

Too Cool to Die: The final battle of Egil’s Saga

On By A.J. ReevesIn Literary Analysis, Literary CriticismLeave a comment

I recently discovered the beauty of Icelandic Saga’s highly recommend Egil’s Saga as well As the Saga of Grettir the Strong, super fun Iceland warriors running around killing and fighting people and composing poetry. This is a short analysis I wrote on an interesting scene in the tale different from many others. Slight spoilers so read the Saga first or jump in. 

Egil’s Saga is a beautiful and long tale covering generations of a family and their feud with the Kings of Norway as well as their settlement in Iceland. Egil the main character of this tale is a powerful warrior and a man who often finds himself at odds with others and society, continuing the family tradition of angering Kings. This story is filled with many wonderful scenes, but a moment of interest is Ch. 76. where Egil finds himself being ambushed in the woods.

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The Naturalist

On By Danielle O'ShayIn Flash Fiction, Original FictionLeave a comment

There is color in his eyes, echoing there; jay-bird blue and stormy-water grey, deep mossy silver and yellow like autumn leaves, sometimes brilliant green and curly white.  He sees nature as a blueprint for life, and bones as the written history of what used to be.  Brown laces the lines of his palms and fingertips, mud edges his boots, and the sleeves of his shirt are rolled up past the elbows.  Sometimes there is ink on his face and a pen behind his ear.  There is always a notebook in his hand, an extension of his arm.  A leather-bound notebook filled with scribbles and sketches, bits of leaves and insect wings taped inside.

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The Corporate

On By A.J. ReevesIn Flash Fiction, Original FictionLeave a comment

For a prompt I first asked myself what my version of Utopia was then I asked myself what dystopia would look like to me:

The cement sidewalk is cracked and dirty, millions of feet tramp down on its surface, everyone is crowded together. Everyone is in a rush heading somewhere just as bleak and grey as they sidewalk beneath your feet. No one talks, no one smiles, no one has time for human connection. Continue reading “The Corporate” →