Category Archives: Fiction

I used to think the extent of sleepwalking was roaming around your house in a daze, maybe eating a snack or moving something to a spot it doesn’t usually go. I had no idea the extent to which people could operate while fully asleep. I found this fascinating. But I imagine if this condition plagues you or a loved one, you’d pick a different term. Isolating. Debilitating. Deadly.

When tragedy strikes, how will you react? Will you lean on your family for support? Will you pull away? Emotions can be varied and unpredictable emotions when they are tested, so can we ever really say how we’ll react?

As an avid reader I fell in love with the notion that we can learn more about ourselves through books. Characters or situations could mirror our own lives if we step outside reality and look at things through the fantasy lens, perhaps giving us strength, comfort, or a sense that we aren’t alone simply because someone was able to articulate in a fictional story what we have trouble seeing in real life.

Mia and Adam are not your typical high school students. They are both exceptionally gifted in music and mature beyond their years. Their story is told primarily through flashbacks, after a tragic accident, and it’s clear early on that this is not some teenage crush. They don’t waste time on superficial conversations; they explore each other’s passions, beliefs and dreams so thoroughly that they seem to become one.

Solving a need, saving lives, even pushing the boundaries of exploration are all worthy pursuits afforded technology. But sometimes these pursuits have unintended consequences, and by putting our faith in technology, by putting our entire identities online, we are slowly taking away our ability to maintain any form of privacy. When happens in a society where nothing is private?