April 2023 – scintilla.info
Mushrooms Not plant, not animal, These fungal beings grow In shady spots ill-suited to grass, On trees rotting in the woods On bark open to infection In grass too wet to thrive. Popping overnight from spores unseen And unseeable they thrive.
April 28, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #mushrooms, #poetryLeave a Comment 
Book Review: Adventures in Space: Short Stories by Chinese and English Authors, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun Science Fiction/Short Stories: Adventures in Space: Short Stories by Chinese and English Authors, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun When you’re in the throes of a reading slump (as I am), sometimes the perfect […]
Jupiter Banded, ringed, covered by storms, It’s size alone beyond belief, The giant planet and its 92 consorts (As of this day in 2023) Clears a swath of space debris, And gravitationally creates the chaos Called the Asteroid Belt. Does Jupiter preen, flexing its place In the solar system? No. True greatness Speaks for […]
April 24, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #poetryLeave a Comment
Spring Green, I’m told, is the color of spring. That seems incomplete. Forsythia bursts into yellow Seeking perhaps to imitate The sun’s growing power In these lengthening days. Crocus burst out with gentle pastels While cherries drape themselves In a blanket of pink. And kids in vivid Easter dress Hunt painted eggs, evoking flowers […]
April 21, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #poetryLeave a Comment
Puzzle All the pieces are there. The picture on the box is clear. I took the time to bring it here. Why can’t I make them fit? I know the life I want With joy enough to flaunt But shadows always haunt. Why can’t I make it fit? David Marvin
April 17, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #poetryLeave a Comment
Book Review: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, poetry by Marjorie Maddox, photographs by Karen Elias Poetry: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, poetry by Marjorie Maddox, photographs by Karen Elias The first night of the blizzard that stranger inched into Ohio. Halfway through he skidded into our snow-spackled lives. His heart is buried In my […]
Book Review: Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh Science Fiction: Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh Kyr was born and raised to be a weapon. The Majo have destroyed the planet Earth, and a last remnant of survivors lives on Gaia, a barren rock, struggling both to survive and to get their revenge. Kyr has worked […]
Early Rain City streets shimmer Headlights, street lights, building lights Refract off rivulets. Rattles and booms declare the business Of delivery trucks bringing wares. Strings wrapped around barren branches Twinkle through the drops Which beat their uneven rhythm On my umbrella. Car engines purr As their tires stage whisper cues, “Watch out. We splash.” […]
April 7, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #poetryLeave a Comment
Book Review: Infinity Gate, The Pandominion Book 1, M.R. Carey Science Fiction: Infinity Gate, The Pandominion Book 1, M.R. Carey When my children were young, companies began producing interactive children’s books for the computer. Of course, the computer was not “telling” them the story. It was written by people, programmed by people, recorded by […]
Saturday, Scintilla turned 5 years old! On April 1, 2018, our first blog post went up. In case you missed it–and most likely you did since nobody knew about us–you can revisit it HERE. I’d love to say we marked our 5th birthday with cake and ice cream, candles and a party. However, since our […]
April 3, 2023By scintilla.admin Blog ToolLeave a Comment