Northernmost: The Tale of Santa’s Greatest Helper
BY RACHEL LIANNA HOLLAND Santa had a favorite helper who went around the globe with him every Christmas Eve. Her name was Irene. She was a very bright, cheerful little Elf who enjoyed her job, especially since she always worked so closely with Santa. She was his first assistant, because she was also the helping …...
Audio Post: A sigh of satisfaction
The nearer moon, hurtling suddenly above the horizon and lighting up the Barsoomian scene, showed me that my preserver was Woola.
Not-a-Haiku about Haiku
BY LAWRENCE HALL Only a Japanese master can shape happy wordsTo fall upon the earth like soft spring rainAnd choreograph merry rivuletsThrough which Ame-no-Uzume dances the dawn. Only a Japanese master can take a leafAs a page of the Emperor’s great bookAnd taste it, hear it, touch it, sing of itAnd in it see the …...
Reaching for the Sky: The Tuskegee Airmen and the Pilots of the Caribbean
BY WESLEY HUTCHINS ??As an American with a profound interest in the United Kingdom, among the things which fascinates me is the interplay of society and culture between our two countries. Going further as a black person, I tend to spend time looking about for parallels and differences between the experiences of Black Britons and …...
The Stag Who Lived Forever
BY BRYANA JOY JOHNSON
“I am rare and exceptional. I am going to hang in a king’s castle and be admired by noblemen for a hundred years.”
Portrait of an Invisible Girl
BY ELIZABETH FUST
It’s like I’m part of the background. Their eyes just gloss over me. It’s like they can’t differentiate between me and the wallpaper. Is this what it is like to be invisible? Am I invisible?
She was quite silent for a minute or two
I and my wife stood amazed. Then I realised that the crest of Maybury Hill must be within range of the Martians
How surprised he’ll be when he finds out
It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected
Can you catch the expression of the whale?
So he got out of the fury of the panic, and, skirting the Edgware Road, reached Edgware about seven, fasting and wearied, but well ahead of the crowd.
