Writing

Sunday

A Story by SparksInTheNight

Milahi loves her family. She loves her community. She loves her people. She works hard at the cafe six days a week. They don't have much. But they hav..

The Boy with the Bow and Arrows

A Story by SparksInTheNight

Robbie Hode is thirteen. He is hungry, tired, grief-stricken. Sherwood Forest stretches in front of him, his little impoverished community lights a fi..

The Mothers of Dragons

A Story by SparksInTheNight

Once upon a time there was a kingdom. There was a servant girl who was the mother of the king's son. And somewhere in the reality between realities, t..

The Water Screams in Protest

A Book by SparksInTheNight

So i had a dream. Two young men, one escaping terrible exploitation and one escaping terrible luxury, meet. They set off on their individual journeys ..

Solstices

A Story by SparksInTheNight

Miri kissed me three days ago. Before I set out onto this journey with the blocker of my light. She told me to be brave. Be confident. Be brutal.

A Princess’s Choice

A Story by SparksInTheNight

I love my dad, the king. And I love my mom, the queen. They are so kind and full of love. They are good people. I know that they're good people. So wh..

The Forestwife

A Story by SparksInTheNight

The people were struggling to scrape by with their poverty and their oppression. But the Forest glowed beyond the fields and villages. The Forest that..

The Challenge Equity holds in Place

A Poem by Nazah Purnota

Giving lives for the battle; crashing dreams and reality breaking free through the wounds it create each desire ran, desperate to live to its true d..

Finding Stars Despite the Urban Light Pollution

A Story by SparksInTheNight

Msitu and Harmony Ametsenya are two impoverished orphans trying to navigate a world ruled be greed, selfishness, and ego. In a world where most peopl..

Ruby

A Story by SparksInTheNight

You're a girl. A girl with coal-black hair. You're alive. And the way you feel, trapped in a destiny you didn't choose, makes you yearn for any kind o..

Words of a Wise Man

A Story by SparksInTheNight

This is the true story of my bus ride home from school one day. The story of a man speaking his truth to the world.

The Land of Perpetual Misery

A Story by SparksInTheNight

I was taken from my home, back when I was alive. I ascended into godhood when I died. And the baby who was just born in the slums? I can tell that the..

The Daughters of Zeus and Poseidon

A Story by SparksInTheNight

An orphan girl. Forced to live and work with people who see her as less than human. Forced to sell her human dignity to get by.

Of Girls and Kings

A Story by SparksInTheNight

The seventeen-year old is Queen. She should be happy about that, right? She's to the king. She has to be loyal. To her man. ... Unless her loyalty tru..