Lemonade
People always told me,“When life gives you lemons,make lemonade.”But,no one ever told me what to do with the lemonadeafter I made it.My fridge is filled with lemonade,and,I don’t even like the stuff.
Author Archive: Colton S. Balvanz
The Newspaper Girl
A note from the author: This was originally written as a parallel fiction piece, to exist alongside Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, through a deal with Kindle Worlds where the copyright of his work had been changed to allow authors to…
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NaNoWriMo Snippet – Sparring Match
Hello everyone! It’s been just over a week since NaNoWriMo started, and I have been super busy writing as much as I can (12,455 words as of yesterday!) Anyways, I’ve had a few people asking me about getting to read…
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NaNoWriMo 2017
Hello all! Today I thought I would try something new and write a blog post. I think I’m going to write more of these as NaNoWriMo continues on. For those of you who don’t know, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing…
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Je Pourrais Vous Ai Aimés
James stared at what he had wrought. In his hands, he held it: a music box, of his own creation. Mostly. The part actually playing the music he had ordered online. But he had installed it himself, and built the…
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Pompeii
Plaster bodies Huddled and hopeless Lifeless Was Vulcan fickle? Was the mountain enraged? The artifacts were saved Tucked in by a gray blanket The tragedy Brings in approximately 2.5 million visitors each year
Tangerine
That moment of dread, when you watch a tangerine sunset. The fruit fading as the sky voraciously swallows that last slice of light, and you are left in the dark, alone.
The Night the Stars Fell
I remember the first time I saw that twinkle Bright, pure, happy, dancing As I looked to the sky now I could see nothing but black The stars were falling Falling down your face And as I brushed the stardust…
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