Author Archives: Ryn PB

The Bin-son Boy, Part 3 (of 4)*

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Ryn PB

Part 1 Part 2 I thought I’d read Noriyuki’s calligraphy instructions wrong. There were no transports to anywhere near the destination, but the directions stayed the same no matter how many times I read them. There was only one way … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories, stories | Tagged anxiety, fighting, karate, karate kid, martial arts, queerlit, retelling, sci fi, science, science fiction, space, story, teens, writing | 1 Comment

“Doubt Comes In”: On Hadestown, Turning Around, and Living with Doubt*

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Ryn PB

The dog you really got to dread Is the one that howls inside your head It’s him whose howling drives men mad And a mind to its undoing… I’ll tell you where the real road lies Between your ears, behind … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, mental health, polysyllabic spree | Tagged anais mitchell, anxiety, broadway, change, city, crisis, doubt, emotion, eurydice, family, friendship, greek myth, greek mythology, hades, hadestown, hermes, hope, life changes, life lessons, lillias white, love, love story, mental health, moving, music, musical, mythology, new york, npr, nyc, orpheus, orpheus and eurydice, persephone, quarter life crisis, reeve carney, romance, stories, story, storytelling, tennis, tiny desk, tiny desk concert, trust, us open | 1 Comment

The Bin-son Boy, Part 2 (of 4)*

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Ryn PB

Part 1 With one final smash against the dirt, my body jerked to a stop. I curled onto my side to throw up, nearly blind with pain. Through blurry vision, I saw that my bike had landed nearby—or at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged boxing, bullying, creative writing, karate, LGBT+, martial arts, original, outer space, retelling, sci fi, sci-fi, science, science fiction, self defense, space, story, teen, the karate kid, violence, writing, young adult | 2 Comments

The Bin-son Boy*, Part 1 (of 4)

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Ryn PB

I didn’t want to move to the Golden Planet in the first place. Sure, the Jersey Space Station was cramped and had lots of mechanical issues, but it was home. We had a view of the Ocean Galaxies through our … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged karate, LGBT+, martial arts, outer space, sci fi, sci-fi, science, science fiction, self defense, space, the karate kid, volleyball, writing | 4 Comments

Stand By…

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Ryn PB

I’m working on a story, but life has thrown me some curveballs lately, so it’ll be a little late! Sneak peek: What if The Karate Kid happened in space? -Ryn PB

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Maximum Angst: YA and Pop Punk

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Ryn PB

This blog post will come as a surprise to no one, but I tend to save writing these regular blog posts until the last minute, so I needed something that would be quick for me to think about and get … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era | Tagged LGBT, lgbt lit, LGBT+, lgbtq, lit, music, pop, pop punk, punk, queer lit, recommendations, writing, YA, young adult | 1 Comment

Pierre-Auguste Salvatici

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Ryn PB

His parents set him up for failure when they named him Pierre-Auguste Salvatici. Even if he hadn’t grown up with a persistent speech impediment and severe respiratory problems, Pierre-Auguste Salvatici could never live up to the grandiosity of the name. … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged adopted, adoption, anxiety, asthma, club, copd, death, driving, drowning, friends, great lakes, high school, lake, lakes, languages, life lessons, lung disease, lungs, names, neglect, neighbors, orphan, parental death, reading, ship, shipwreck, talent, talent show, tea, water, writing | 1 Comment

Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Ryn PB

This is a tag I’ve seen on booktube and book blogs alike. Here is the original tag for anyone interested. So far this year, I’ve read 27 books, which means I’m a tiny bit ahead of my 52-book goal. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged adeem the artist, anna-marie mclemore, blog, books, booktube, chloe gong, coffee, fantasy, favorites, gabrielle zevin, graphic novels, hobie, hobie brown, julia drake, lakelore, lakes, legends, legends and lattes, LGBT+, list, movie, music, new, queer lit, reading, releases, sequels, siblings, sister, spider-man-spiderman, spider-punk, spider-verse, spiderpunk, spiderverse, tag, tea, the mountain goats, tomorrow, trans, trans experience, trans lit, trans stories, translated lit, transphobia, wrap up, wrapup, writing | 2 Comments

Addy Kraz and the Case of the Stolen Cookies

Posted on June 16, 2023 by Ryn PB

“Meet me at the Orange Julius” was the mantra of our junior high years. Before Dijon O’Reilly got a job at Juice Stop and Kiera Moore became a vegan, the three of us would come from our different middle schools—Dijon … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged auntie anne, bakery, bffs, bojack horseman, books, candy, cookies, crush, diane nguyen, fake books, fake fiction, food court, friends, hardy boys, hot dogs, indian food, ivy tran food court detective, junior high, kiosk, life lessons, mall, middle grade, middle school, mystery, nancy drew, nonbinary, nostalgia, orange julius, series, shopping mall, short story, stealing, suspects, thief, toy, toys, tweens, writing | 1 Comment

I’m Thinking About Moths

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Ryn PB

I accidentally killed a moth. I was sitting outside, crisscross applesauce, back against a brick wall, sweating under the late May sun; the moth saw the shadowy space underneath my legs and beelined for the shelter with inevitably misplaced trust. … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, mental health | Tagged anxiety, bookseller, change, friends, friendship, half price books, hpb, job, knives, life changes, life lessons, may, mental health, moths, nature, nebraska, outside, reading, summer, the mountain goats, work | 1 Comment