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Halloween Pookies Give Us the PulseBy Colleen Foster QuailBellMagazine.com Halloween--or Hallowe’en, if you have a soft spot for apostrophes and historical integrity--is fast approaching. Or, since the sacks of Fun Size candy have been on CVS shelves since August, you could say it’s been here for quite some time. We’re just waiting on the Reese’s Pièce de Résistance, i.e., the actual holiday.
Most children who intend to participate in trick-or-treating have already raided Party City or gone DIY for their costumes. Or the parents have done so, in the case of the Babies ‘R Us population. ... And that’s where the real fun is. The Fun Size celebrants. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
The Ballad of Billy Bush, Devin Faraci, The Source of My Discomfort, and MeI.
Billy Bush didn’t expect to wake up like this. It was going to be a simple day of fluffing: news, celebrities, any dog going viral. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Myrrh: Forbidden Love and the EverlastingIn Ovid's Metamorphoses, Orpheus sings of the unfortunate Myrrha, who, overcome by a perverse love for her father, tricked him into having sex with her with the help of her loyal nurse. When her father took a lamp to the face of his nubile mystery lover and found his very own daughter, he snatched his sword and made to kill her. She ran away and wandered from Arabia to Sabaea.
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Meaning in Blurs*long sigh*
Okay, let's do this. So, it's been a while since I wrote a movie review. My Oscar series was a fun experiment and one of the more gratifying things I've done as a critic, but it left me feeling exhausted about seeing and writing about movies. The one movie I saw in theaters between that series and today was The Witch, which was good, but I didn't have the motive to write about. It's probably why I've turned to writing more about literature in the last few months (reviews such as this, this, and this are good examples of what I've done since, especially since they're all books I want more people to read), just so I can have something else to critique. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Pond FoodBy Raymond Greiner QuailBellMagazine.com *Editor's Note*: Was previously published in Canary Literary Journal Walking the aisles of the local farm and feed store I read the various labels on the multiple feed bags; sweet stuff for horses, scratch grain for chickens, meat bird, layer crumbles, chick starter and at the very end of the aisle a vividly white bag, off by itself on a small pallet labeled pond food. It’s really fish food, but the label struck a chord with me.
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An Ode To Memories of SummerToday is the last day of school and my children couldn’t be happier. They wake up early without having to be dragged off protesting from their beds with threats and promises. They were awake before me, telling me to “hurry up, mom!” because it’s the last day and they’re excited to welcome summer the proper way. My son takes a bag full of board games and my daughter takes absolutely nothing with her. There will be a party and games and movies in class. It is the last day of school, and the first day of summer vacation.
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Nature Embraces a Human Playground in Myra CanyonIn a glorious August afternoon, my wife Shelley and I arrived in the town of Kelowna in British Columbia, Canada. The town sits next to Okanagan Lake, a picturesque body of water framed by mountains at the distant while by rolling vineyards and blooming lavender fields on the town side.
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We have a new 'zine!The Quail Bell Crew is thrilled to announce our latest print 'zine--Quail Bell: Issue 7-Nature! We premiered it at the Tenth Annual Richmond 'Zine Festival in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday. We're proud we could take part in this 'zine tradition and bring our work to an ever-growing audience.
The RVA 'Zine Fest was Quail Bell's first-ever 'zine festival and we've happily tabled there since 2011, when we premiered our first-ever print 'zine. Even though our founding editor, Christine Stoddard—who created this issue's cover, above—now lives in Brooklyn, the RVA 'Zine Fest will always be our home 'zine fest. (Besides, our managing editor, Gretchen Gales, still lives there and will hopefully stay there a long time.) The Quail Bell Crew has serious RVA pride; it's the city that made us! Stay tuned for when we add our new 'zine to our online shop. We'll be shipping orders to anywhere in the world. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Table Zines, Live From Richmond Zine FestOn October 1st, Quail Bell Magazine tabled at Richmond Zine Fest, selling some of our publications, including our seventh Zine. While sitting at the table, Quail Bell contributors Alex Carrigan and Gretchen Gales made some 'zines of their own with the help of some of the festival goers. While they ultimately donated the zines for the Richmond Public Library's Zine Collection, they did manage to snap some pictures of the 'zines made.
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Art vs. PissWhat is modern art? An abstract thought, a notion, a picture, a painting, an idea, or even a jar of urine for that matter? It is easy to get lost in today’s modern masterpieces so for this article I would like to focus on just one piece of art: Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ.
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A Killer Job of ParentingIn today’s society, there is a lot of discussion about parenting and parenting techniques. Whether it’s putting a child in time out for talking back, trying to help them out with their homework, or deciding when to pit your children against each other in order to keep them from uniting against you, parenting is a complex process that requires careful and consistent effort to be done well. This complexity requires a combination of patience and the ability to think on your feet. Another area that requires patience and the ability to think on your feet is murdering people, particularly if you are a ritualistic serial killer. My own father (just a father, not, to the best of my knowledge, a killer) has regularly said that, if you are going to do something, then you should do the best that you can while doing it. With this in mind, I will say that, in the same way that I try to be a good father, the character Dexter from the television series of the same name works hard to be a good serial killer. In the following three sections (plus bonus conclusion paragraph!), I will argue that I am a father like Dexter is a serial killer, because we both rely on ritual, we both use projections of our fathers for guidance, and we are both more effective at what we do than Angel Batista.
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