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“Madam Interpreter, Indebted and With Kind Thanks” by Olivia Salazar-Winspear, Paris

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Foreign Affairs” Listen to the Story! As the first notes of the national anthem piped through the still, warm air she shifted her weight from one foot to the next, an attempt to take the pressure off the balls […]

“Simple Motions” by Paul Nikolov, Reykjavik

“Simple Motions” by Paul Nikolov, Reykjavik

topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “The End” “Tell me the story,” Sophie asks, her head sunk deep into her pillow, shading the sides of her face from the tiny nightlight lamp with the cheery orange shade. The blanket is tucked up tight […]

9/11 – Ten Years Later + What Do You Remember?

9/11 – Ten Years Later + What Do You Remember?

“Looking for a Reason to Get Up” by Dabbs Andersen

“Looking for a Reason to Get Up” by Dabbs Andersen

topic: GOSSIP medium: TEXT   I was sitting in the hot chair of a personnel meeting with my sorority officers defending my good name from being run through the mud by some fellow jealous sisters who had claimed they saw me flash the jazz band and inappropriately kiss my cousin […]

Welcome to GOSSIP Week!

Welcome to GOSSIP Week! Tabloids, Perez Hilton, intense acronym-filled text-versations at midnight; the only thing more  exciting than hearing something that most people don’t know (yet), is when that tidbit is about someone else. And the only thing better than that, is telling it to someone else. I am not […]

“What Reading about Love Teaches Us” – (what we’ve learned from the stories you’ve submitted)

by PenTales Pundit Aswini Sivaraman Have you ever done a Wiki search on “Love”? I did one a few years ago. It wasn’t a very lengthy article then. And it’s definitely not the same as it is now. I know that for a fact because apart from being bored enough […]

“New Frontier Mars” by Shawn Badlandi, San Francisco

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “New Frontiers”

“It Hurts to Be Numb” by Maham, Lahore

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Love and Heartbreak” PenTales Pick of the Day By: Tiffany J Colón “It hurts to be numb” is a piece that speaks to many people at some point or another in their lives.  It is about […]

“I Almost Didn’t Go to the Station” by Elena, Paris

topic: LOVE & HEARTBREAK medium: text PenTales Pick of the Day By: Tiffany J Colón I Almost Didn’t Go to the Station brings up an important question. What are those things that make people compatible with one another? Two people who felt passionately about words and books, and yet they […]