Articles by Donna-Lyn Washington

Louis L’Amour was the king of the western novel. Among his many iconic characters were a family called the Sacketts where even the women were […]

When it comes right down to it there is only one person who can decide what the truth is and that has to be you. […]

Perhaps Bloodsquirt has a purpose after all. Maybe we all need one, after all Pinocchio had Jiminy Cricket. A nagging at your conscience telling you […]

You feel most at ease hovering far above the ground. Until that day, the day no one will allow you to forget. What’s more you’re […]

You must love a thinking man, a man who learns from his mistakes and devours his enemies. Yes Gilad is closer to defeating his enemy […]

Reshaping the world in your own image of what peace and prosperity means can at the very least be daunting if not fatal. Father attempts […]

Being trapped and suffocated, regardless of the circumstance can be the most stifling feeling for anyone. For the characters in Jeff Lemire’s “Black Hammer,” it […]

Perhaps there are some people out there who remember Pippi Longstocking. In chapter-books she’s a child adventurer, who has superhuman strength with a pirate for […]

Barbarian does not mean brute or fool. Rather a barbarian is a foreigner, an immigrant who enters a strange land. In Conan’s case he is […]

In the film version of Pet Cemetery, Dale Midkif’s character out of grief and hopelessness buries his infant son in an ancient burial ground. If […]