Imagine the following exchange between two people who’ve just met at a cocktail party:
Person A: What are you?
Person B: That seems like a loaded question.
A...
Most people, especially West Virginians, have heard of Homer Hickam, the author of Rocket Boys. It was a best-selling book that spawned the hit movie October Sk...
When I was younger, I had an image of what my later years would look like. I thought I would be married with kids and grandkids, living in a nice house out in the country. And other than all of that, I had it exactly right. Instead of married, I’m di...
True fans of libraries know that books are just the beginning of all the wondrous things that these bastions of learning have to offer. And the new South Parker...
"So who will be sledding tonight?" she asked after a minute of silence.
"Oh, the whole neighborhood, probably. Our hill is kind of the designated sledding dest...
For most 8th graders, the end of Christmas break is about as dreary a thought as anything in the world, with the possible exception of the first day of school after summer vacation. But for Evan, it was a day he'd been looking forward to since Christ...
Bibliophiles all over the southern half of Wood County had reason to rejoice on January 30, 2016. It was the date of an event they’d been waiting on, quite lite...
As a bibliophile, English teacher and proud West Virginian, I’m somewhat ashamed to say that I had never read anything by Pearl Buck before. I’d been to the hou...
From time to time a book comes along that reminds you of why you love to read. It transports you to a completely different world where amazing things are possible and people are capable of feats that can only be dreamed of in real life. And for the s...
We've all experienced that weird moment when we're witness to something that's so completely new and inexplicable that we wonder if we're hallucinating or maybe...
Joe Stephens is the author of The Shalan Adventures, starring Harry and Dee Shalan. While he's not writing stories of daring-do, he's an award-winning high school English teacher. He's also a big fan of anything nerd, especially superhero.
