Author: Emily B

  • Finding Creativity in Christian Writing

    If you’ve been around my site for any amount of time, you’ve probably noticed it’s been going through a bit of an identity crisis. The truth is — it has, and so have I. I’ve always been a Christian. That part has never wavered. But the question that kept circling my mind was this: Am… — read more

  • Out of the Static

    A meditation on circuitry and consciousness. Where the human pulse meets the machines rhythm. Out of the static,  the steady mechanical hum of progress. Sparking electrical daydreams, and weaving metallic nightmares. Caught in the web of wires, crisscrossing the electrical blue sky. A current of the circuit winds through our veins, Carrying us through the… — read more

  •         The Pine Street Ghost

    A short story A short story based on a childhood memory. The house was haunted. We were convinced. Whenever Ellen and I walked past we could see the silhouettes of a shadow figure standing guard in the upstairs window. Ellen and I looked at each other. By now we could read each others thoughts just… — read more

  • The Crow and The Village

    In the middle of the night a raven crowsBeckoning me– so I arose“What is the matter old friend” I did callWith one look at me,off with a screech he went.Something deep insideCompelled me to flySo I stretched out my armsAnd took to the skiesFollowing the crow through the nightLooking down at the village belowThe crow… — read more

  • Withering Away

    One by oneThey drop like fliesUntil it’s only II thought I knewWhat you wanted  me to doBut now it’s only IWho stood the test of timeIs a womanAn island Can she standWithout a village. It’s only IIn this land. TogetherWe could have walkedBut now we don’t even talkIt should be weBut it’s just me Together we should’ve walked.  — read more