By: Ruiquan Li “This is what I’ve been waiting for.” Stacy gasped. “The competition could be my way to the top.” The annual Paris art fair is near, and artists are anxiously waiting as the officials have yet to release the…

By: Ruiquan Li The aroma pervaded throughout the room, like the distinct smell of my Mind Palace. I can still see some the settings, the lighter, the fire, and close eyes. Where Buddha was worshipped with faith, the old temples, like…

By: Lynn Tieu My hands are the shadows of my parents’. Dawn begins and a distorted copy trails along. On sparkling platters, the eggrolls my mother made were savory and sweet, And drew in devoted followers like seductive Sirens from their…

By: Abhishek Yenumula Dear six year old Abhishek, I would like to congratulate you and tell you that you are a senior at high school and going to graduate in five months. Now, I know it’s hard trying to adapt to…

LiteraryYard.com had an interaction with Gonçalo Dias, whose new novel – The Good Dictator has just hit the stands and online ecommerce platform, Amazon.com. The Good Dictator is part of the trilogy called The Birth of An Empire. Excerpts: 1…

By: Melissa Oshiro Bushy eyebrows and sarcastic humor, Dad tells me to be mature. Then Mom barges in, her irrational mood swings, unpredictable. My sister tries to stay, but must return to a home that is not mine. I run to…

By: Melissa Oshiro Going to sleep is important, though you think you can stay up to watch the sunrise. Dinner should not be eaten at four in the morning, nor should it be your first meal. The night is not the…

By: Dev Bhatia  “Nobody simply murders the Archduke of Austria, let alone some nineteen year old wishful assassin.” Scorned Salus. “Glory. Revolution. Freedom. Do these words mean nothing to you anymore? Years of planning and waiting for the right time, all…

By: Gaither Stewart Long before the Nibelungen mythology spread in Teutonic lands, legends and semi-legends abounded in the ancient and isolated lands south of the Alps, legends that say a lot about how these peninsular Italic peoples today think and…

By: Raymond Greiner Jim and Susan Marshall met in college and married shortly after graduation. Both earned meteorological science degrees and were offered an opportunity to work as a team for the US weather service. The first six months they were…