A.R. Geiger

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  • Exciting News!

    Look! That’s my name! And my article. In a MAGAZINE!!!

  • The Swiss Family Robinson

    I am fascinated by stories of survival. And not just survival. Stories of adaptation, of thriving in an environment that is hostile and far outside of the ordinary. Stories of shipwrecks, of people driven to the end of what they think they are capable of, and yet, still managing to make a place for themselves…

  • Healer

    I find her cabin an hour’s walk from the village. She has always stayed away from us, always, as if our stink made her gag. She hates us, I think, although no one really knows why. They’ve always been too afraid to ask. I’m carrying him strapped to my chest, and I can feel the…

  • Inkspell

    The second book in a series always makes me nervous. Especially if the first book is one of my favorites. The second book in a series is chancy. If the series as a whole is going to fail, the second book will be where it happens. Sometimes I just prefer to enjoy the first book,…

  • My Kingdom

    “A plague on them,” he mutters through clenched teeth. “A thrice-cursed plague.” I stand in the corner, half hidden by curtains, and say nothing, like a good slave. I’d like to tell him that he’s already brought down a plague on his people, that it’s his fault they are dying in the streets, but I…

  • Memoirs of a Hopeless Book Hoarder

    When I was fourteen, I got my first library card. All the sudden, I could borrow as many books as I wanted. I could go to the bookmobile every week and pick out a new book, or ten new books. I could reserve books online with my own card. Technically, my mother would have let…