A.R. Geiger

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  • The Flower Man

    Okay, I know what you’re thinking. “Who writes a book review on a picture book?” I do. Because I am an adult, and I have goals and priorities and schedules and bills and insurance. I also have a candy jar in my kitchen for extreme and vital emergencies. It’s filled with smarties. Yum. But seriously,…

  • God’s Smuggler

    Some books stick with you. We all know the feeling, I’m sure. That one book that was so powerful, so life-changing, so essential to who we are, that we just can’t let it go. It sits in the back of our bookshelf, thumbed through too many times, read over and over until we can quote…

  • Gravekeeper

    I take them to the tombs as soon as they arrive. Marcus brings them out of the trees like a huddle of wet chicks, their hair and clothes drenched by the weeping rain, their eyes wide in their thin faces. I’ve never seen him bring so many, but he says that the silver mines are…

  • Book Reviews: “The Birdwoman” and “Evocation”

    Originally posted on Kristin Houlihan, Writer: I don’t usually read short stories, though not really for any particular reason, but the two collections I’m reviewing here today make me wonder whether I should more actively seek them out. When I was brand new to Twitter a few short months ago I went on a book-accumulating…

  • Four Reasons You Definitely Need A Bookshelf In Your Home

    I live in a tiny house. I have one bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom, and two bookshelves. I also have two cupboards filled with books that I couldn’t fit on my shelves. So, to convince myself (and you) that I am not a hoarder and do not require an intervention, I’ve come up with four…

  • Daisy Chains

    They take us to the meadows once a month. We aren’t often allowed outside. Most of the time the keepers like to have us where they can see us, and where no one else can, but once a month they let us come to the meadows with them to make a daisy chain. Retta starts…