topic: EVENT medium: TEXT, PHOTO It was a Royal Ceremony of sorts, a regal council just a shade after the Night of the Kings, in the damp and the gloom of a January afternoon…. One wise woman joined us from the East and visiting dignitaries from the four corners of […]

topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT medium: TEXT, AUDIO as shared at an event themed “Royalty” Listen to the Story!

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at an event  themed “Royalty” The bright, beautiful duchess of Aquitaine Was married to the king of the Franks, and then They went off to crusade, Coward Louis, dismayed, Was forced to come back to France again The marriage of Ella and […]

topic: GOSSIP medium: TEXT I pray to whatever God exists that for one tenth. Of one second. Of my future. I will feel…about my future husband… the way I felt about Alex Giovanni. For all of freshman year. For all of sophomore year. For all of – I was convinced […]

topic: TRAVEL medium: TEXT Welcome to Day2 of TRAVEL week!  Today, we asked our the community to tell us about the strangest thing that’s happened to them while traveling…and we certainly got a kick out of some of your responses.  Today’s winning author wanted to remain anonymous (I exactly don’t blame her), […]

topic: TRAVEL medium: PHOTOS   Hello, fellow Pentalers!  Welcome to Day1 of TRAVEL week!  Traveling is a peculiar phenomenon that affords us an array of tantalizing experiences which often open us to a world of understanding and appreciation that we never thought possible, while yet defining and cementing the comforting feel of […]

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT   She gazed at her new born baby with love.  She heard the doctor come in and stand beside her.  Her voice bore the strain of yet another child-birth following the many years of having patiently raised her children. “I hope you’ve done what […]

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Foreign Affairs” Listen to the Story! As the first notes of the national anthem piped through the still, warm air she shifted her weight from one foot to the next, an attempt to take the pressure off the balls […]

topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “The End” “Tell me the story,” Sophie asks, her head sunk deep into her pillow, shading the sides of her face from the tiny nightlight lamp with the cheery orange shade. The blanket is tucked up tight […]