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My Favorite Books of 2023

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Ryn PB

It’s time for my 2023 Reading Wrap-up—a month late, but better late than never! Note: I discuss several sensitive topics in this post: sex, bigotry (specifically several types of queerphobia), suicide, substance misuse, and eating disorders. Read with caution. I … Continue reading →

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JJS: An Interactive Story

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Ryn PB

Content Warning: transphobia, misgendering, queerphobic slurs, doxing, bullying *How to read, interactive version: The first article has links to the other “sites.” These are also color-coded. *How to read, static version: Everything is presented in chronological order except for the … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Cookie Contest

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Ryn PB

As he set down the cats’ food bowls, Benji’s phone buzzed insistently in his pocket. His parents had promised to check in when they landed, but they’d only left a few hours ago. When the phone had been wrestled out … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged books, christmas, christmas eve, christmas romance, christmas story, cookie decorating, cookies, eggnog, family, fiction, fireworks, friends, holiday romance, hot chocolate, kittens, LGBT+, magic, mental health, merry christmas, movies, party, queer lit, romance, santa claus, santa hat, scotland, sister, snow, straight no chaser, sweater, ugly christmas sweater, winter, writing | 1 Comment

The Tale of the Cat, the Witch, and the Traveler, as Told by a Black Cat

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Ryn PB

The biggest victims of the Salem Witch Trials were black cats. And I know this may sound melodramatic coming from me, but it’s true. Witches have recovered their good name and get killed much less nowadays. I bet you even … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories, stories | Tagged black cat, cat, felines, forest, history, legend, myth, mythology, witch, woods, writing | Leave a comment

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

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

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 →

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