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Aug 16, 2019

Horseback Riding While Black

When I was nine, I BEGGED my parents to let me attend horse camp. Because, when I was a kid, I was obsessed with magical worlds where bad...

Jestine Ware

Jul 2, 2019

Ode to Octavia

Octavia Butler is one of my writing heroes. Before her books, I don’t know that I’d ever read a science fiction series that consumed all ...

Jestine Ware

May 2, 2019

Prin and the House That Flies

After a Once Upon a time and a Happily Ever After, Prin was born to Queens Mikaylah and Cala in a beautiful, peaceful land. The kingdom s...

Jestine Ware

Mar 16, 2019

Teenage Poet

As I write YA and Middle Grade stories, I try to remember how I felt then and go back to the records I kept of my younger self. I had no ...

Jestine Ware

Aug 15, 2018

Moonlight Stained

Mercury. A god is falling from molecules of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. This particular god is particularly pictured wit...

Jestine Ware

Jul 16, 2018

The Truth About Hair

This piece is a throwback to 2014 when I was struggling to come to terms with my hair and wrote this long mixed-media piece called "The T...

Jestine Ware

Mar 16, 2018

Found Object: Dream Diary

How do you find your best ideas? One of the ways I find my stories is through lucid dreams right before I wake up. In and out of consciou...

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