This May, Tim Burton will reintroduce audiences to “Dark Shadows” with his film adaptation of the popular Gothic soap opera of the same name from the late ’60 and early ’70s.
This May, Tim Burton will reintroduce audiences to “Dark Shadows” with his film adaptation of the popular Gothic soap opera of the same name from the late ’60 and early ’70s.
I found a UPS notice on my front door. When I picked up the package, the return address was in Greek, so I had no idea who sent it. It was about the size of a shoebox. Everything about the package, except the Greek return address, was normal until I put it on the couch. The package jerked a couple of times. That got my attention.
It was a typical Caribbean day: bright and sunny, the sky dotted with small puffy cumulus clouds drifting quietly and rapidly by. The harbor was busy with small vessels and larger ferry boats cruising back and forth on the sparkling, lightly white-capped waters.
We recently upgraded Kalkion software and server which caused some broken links. It was a massive upgrade so minor bugs were expected. So, if you don't find your story or poem in Kalkion don't assume that it has been removed, it simply a minor bug and can be fixed. Just let us know and we will fix the problems with your story or poems. Send us an email with the name of your story or poem and we will try to restore it. Thanks.
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Milton M. Kleinberg’s “Memories of My Childhood: During and After the Holocaust 1937 – 1951” is now available in eBook format for the iPad, Kindle and Nook. Originally published in hard cover in 2011, the Holocaust memoir traces Kleinberg and his family’s escape from Nazi-occupied Poland in 1939 and their subsequent capture and internment in the Soviet Union.
The Beatles' classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored and will be presented on the big screen in select theaters across the United States in May. On May 5 at the famed Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, Yellow Submarine will start its theatrical campaign with an 8pm screening.
Set in Herezoth, a war-torn kingdom with a history of conflict between those born with magic and those without, "The Crimson League" is a story of adventure, grit, and sacrifice. Kora Porteg, a girl of humble origins, aids a resistance movement fighting to wrest control from a noble-born sorcerer who slew the royal family.
Todd Balf’s new Byliner book, Farthest North, tells the little-known story of one of the most gripping Arctic expeditions of all time. Despite sickness, mutiny, gnawing hunger, and the malevolent cold, Elisha Kent Kane and his men opened the door to the North Pole and made discoveries that influenced theories about the Ice Age and developed survival strategies that would be the model for generations of future explorers.
At a sacred mountain retreat in The Hall of the Hero, the chief hero admonished one of the members. “Fredericoarminbutt, some hero you turned out to be. You couldn’t even save a cat in a tree. You claimed vertigo, what a baby. Get out of here you wanker. And don’t come back.”
Matthew J. Beier’s new novel "The Breeders," set in a dystopian future where homosexuals run the world and heterosexuals are being set on a path to extinction. Beier, an openly gay Minnesota native, hopes the political satire will add fuel to the nation’s debate over gay marriage, coming just in time to dovetail with Minnesota’s proposed amendment to ban it.
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