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Stories and Poems

Make a Wish (Short Story)

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 Shyla Fairfax

Today is my birthday. So it only seemed fitting to submit a story to a writing prompt contest, in which the prompt was "birthday." Here's my submission.

Tagged Contemporary, fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, Magic, mytholgoy, reedsy, Short Story, wicca, writing contest, YA1 Comment
Reviews and Essays

Book Review – The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)

February 1, 2019February 6, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?

Tagged Angie Thomas, Black Lit, book reviews, books, books I like, Contemporary, Octavia Butler, Police Brutality, race, Racism, The Hate U Give, YALeave a comment
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