• The Different Types of Unreliable Narrators

    The Different Types of Unreliable Narrators

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    Truth is slippery. One thing we can be sure of is that when someone tells us a story, we are not dealing with reality itself. It doesn’t mean we are dealing with a lie. It just means that, at that moment, we are being given access to their version of reality, which is a completely…

  • Finding Voice Through Words: An Interview with Claudia Wysocky

    Finding Voice Through Words: An Interview with Claudia Wysocky

    A rising voice in contemporary literature, sixteen-year-old Polish author Claudia Wysocky speaks about her journey in crafting psychological thrillers, her latest work, and the universal language of storytelling. Claudia Wysocky, a Polish writer and poet based in New York, is known for her diverse literary creations, including fiction and poetry. Her poems, such as “Stargazing…

  • Interview with Don Tassone: Novelist and Short Story Author

    Interview with Don Tassone: Novelist and Short Story Author

    “My biggest challenge has been being able to think of myself as a writer.  I mean: who am I to write a book? I’ve met that challenge simply by writing and getting my work out there and stopped thinking I’m writing for lots of people. Now I think about connecting with one person. Can I move just…

  • Dystopian Literature: Peeling Back the Layers of Society

    Dystopian Literature: Peeling Back the Layers of Society

    Peace. Order. A perfect world. Or so it seems. Beneath this beautiful surface—polished to a shine so blinding it almost convinces—lurks something shadowed, something deep. Control. Manipulation. Violence that whispers where it can’t scream. This is how most dystopian stories are structured. From Orwell’s 1984 to Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, dystopian stories don’t merely create false…

  • Interview with Erika Gallion: Award-Winning Creative Nonfiction Author

    Interview with Erika Gallion: Award-Winning Creative Nonfiction Author

    “Nonfiction writers have to find a balance of very deep emotional and a kind of investigative work.” “It truly only takes one editor to recognize your work.” Erika Gallion Velasquez is a Los Angeles based writer originally from Canton, Ohio. Her creative writing has been published in Entropy, Angel City Review, Women’s Review of Books,…

  • Sofia Ida Cestari on Writing, Eloquentia, and Artistic Passion

    Sofia Ida Cestari on Writing, Eloquentia, and Artistic Passion

    “We are humans before artists and we are made to have many interests and passions, they literally make us.” Sofia Ida Cestari is an Italian writer and editor. Fluent in Italian, English and Spanish, she currently resides in Spain and studies English Literature. She focuses mainly on poetry and screenwriting but also loves journalism. She’s…