Tag: fiction
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World Read Aloud Day On February 4
When Stories Had Voices Before They Had Pages Before books were objects you could shelve, stories were events. They happened in breath and rhythm, around fires and tables, in fields at dusk and rooms lit by a single flame. World Read Aloud Day isn’t just a celebration of literacy—it’s a quiet nod to the oldest…
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National Escape Day
Today, January 30, is National Escape Day, which sounds at first like a novelty holiday invented by someone who wanted permission to take a long lunch and quietly disappear. But the longer I sit with it, the more I realize this day explains everything about why I write books, build worlds, and occasionally invent entire…
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National Old Rock Day
In Defense of the Patient Ones Today, January 7, is National Old Rock Day, which sounds like a celebration invented by geology professors and sentient mountains—but it turns out to be surprisingly relevant to how the world works, how stories work, and how some planets refuse to be rushed. Old rocks are not just “rocks…
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Happy National Science Fiction Day
National Science Fiction Day (today, January 2) feels like permission. Permission to look up from the practical, the predictable, the already-mapped—and ask, what if the universe has a sense of humor? I’ve loved science fiction for as long as I can remember. As a child, I was captivated by Star Trek: The Original Series—not just…
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Mongolia, Metal, and the Languages We Invent to Understand the Stars
Today, December 29, is Mongolia’s Independence Day — a date that rarely appears on international calendars, yet carries a quiet, enduring gravity. On December 29, 1911, Mongolia declared independence from Qing rule, reclaiming sovereignty after centuries of external control. It was not a loud revolution. It was an act of remembrance — a return to…
A Heep of Words: Books by Alexandra Heep, Helena Parx, Lexa Drane 