Stories of the Stars contest third place winner: She landed with the practiced ease of centuries, blue talons gripping the cliff’s edge. Wind whistled through the granite crags, and small stones scrabbled beneath her feet. With a low growl, she dove from the cliff. Unfurling her wings, she soared high in the currents, where stars […]
A Million Heartbeats, by Maggie Graber
Stories of the Stars contest second place winner: I’m not an insomniac. I’m just lying awake at 2 am. I stare up at the dirty, white ceiling. There’s a crack that runs from one side to the middle, as if it will split open at any second causing the roof to crash down and kill […]
Starfinder’s Sacrifice, by Sam Graber
Stories of the Stars contest first prize winner: No one knows what the stars are. Only that they are far away, and they give us our power. And now they are winking out. “Danar?” Charis steps beside me and slips her hand in mine. Starlight gives a silver sheen to her ebony hair. If the […]
Uniformity is not Unity
I appreciate many things about my Mennonite culture. I love that modesty[1] and a separation from worldliness are highly valued[2]. To my concern, however, I have noticed that in our desire to be modest and separate from the world, we seem to have adopted a false belief. It is this: Since we are called to […]
Made to Create-Interview with author Aaron Gansky
Hello readers! I’m delighted to have author Aaron Gansky with us today. Sheri Yutzy: Hi Aaron, welcome to Made to Create! I’d like to get started by giving my readers a picture of who you are. So what does a normal writing day look like for you? Aaron Gansky: That depends on a variety of […]