The Dark Crystal

glassy, shiny and very often flow banded makes it easy to distinguish from other volcanic rocks. Although it’s generally black in color, it can also found in other much lighter to darker tones, with its translucent edges. Other colors found are grays, dark reddish browns,…

“Capitol Theatre is at the former site of the Belmore Markets. The latter, built by George McRae (Architect) and Norman Selfe (structural engineer) in 1891, but was commercially unsuccessful due to its location, being too far from Darling Harbour. The old site was rebuilt as a theatre in 1928.” Since the early 19th century when this section of land was used by settlers as a market place for manufacture and hay, hence its name, “Haymarket”. The building initially functioned as “Belmore Markets”…

friends, set in a world driven by sex and pornography. They all have their own demons, but Jake's secret is one that he can't tell anyone... This dark drama about the struggles of going through puberty, directed by Rafał Kapeliński, stars actors such as Theo Stevenson, Rosie Day, Charlotte Beaumont, Elliot Cowan, or Thomas Turgoose. The film was awarded a Crystal Bear at Berlinale 2017. A…

Ellen Hopkins wrote the novel Crank from her experiences around her own daughters crystal meth addiction. Hopkins is a novelist, most of her published work has been New York Times best selling novels. Crank is part of a trilogy that consists of Crank, Glass, and Fallout. Among other books that Hopkins has written that share the same tone and style are Impulse, Burned, Identical, Tricks, Traffick, Perfect, Tilt, and Smoke. Hopkins is a very accomplished author who has won many awards for her work…

The Ride of a Lifetime We have all had nightmares. They could be simple things such as seeing a clown or getting swarmed by spiders, but there are the ones that truly scare you, like drowning to death. For me, my childhood nightmare of drowning to death showed up at my front door last summer. It was terrifying, but through my experiences I learned that pain is temporary, memories are forever, and that you need to understand and respect Mother Nature to the fullest before you do anything…

who then was about 8 years old took action since the girls were apparently alone in the house. The older sister ran downstairs to make some holy water with salt, which she then sprinkled on her sister and in every corner of the house. When she was finished there were bruises around the little sister’s neck but the bruja was gone, having fled outside and up into a tree. It never bothered them again! Various prayers and “sound prayers” work. “Ya Baha’u’llah!” has cleansed many a home, and the…

One stormy, moonless night just past ten o’clock Jill came knocking on Tom’s apartment door. As Tom glanced into the peephole to see who was knocking on his door, he got an apprehensive feeling. When realizing it was Jill, his girlfriend, who he had just got into a heated argument with last night; he thought maybe I should not open it. Vacating his thoughts in the past, he unlatched the door and asked Jill what brought her to this part of town, knowing it was not to see him. Jill informed…

viewing in the High Arts Museum on the third level in the Stent Family Wing in gallery 301. The size of piece is 41 1/4 x 72 7/8 inches on a canvas. The painting is a breathing taking view of a stunning mountain reflected by light over layering the crystal ocean. The sky is beautiful arranged with clouds pink. Rocks from the ocean border the mountain. In the far background sits a large town. In the town, there are many little homes and there is a larger building with a dome on top.…

______ Winters in Jump City, California were rarely bothersome and cruel, quite the opposite in fact. By night, when the shadows ruled the land, small flakes of snow would fall from dark clouds above, and bless the earth with its magnificent beauty and form. Water would freeze where it stood, and create the crystal-like pieces we have come to know as icicles. The trees would become bare, not a single leaf upon them, and all the greenery would fade out and perish almost immediately, but it was a…

Outside the world was still except for the weeds that swayed with the frosty breeze and the occasional howl of victory from a wolf who got his prey. In the stillness of the frigid night, behind twisted, pale trees, a dark silhouette emerged from the shadows. He passed under jagged crystals while his breaths, for a moment, hung suspended in front of him before they disappeared. The snow melted under the weight of his strides and the chilly wind clung to his grime covered skin, not hidden…