FRANKLYN C. THOMAS

It’s absolutely okay—necessary, even—to exist in spaces that don’t normally include you. It’s how brick walls and glass ceilings get broken.

At times over the years, I have expressed awe for various members of my family, from the lessons instilled in me by my late father, to...

#update #old #writer #author #2020vision #january #shortstories #reading It’s a new year, yes it is! 2019 is over, and we’re a couple of...

Austin Grossman sends us on a fantastical deconstruction of modern superhero tropes in his 2007 novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible.

A few weeks back, I went to Downtown Seattle with my niece and my girlfriend for a night out. It had been a long week, and we all needed...

Okay, first of all, I will never call a book bad. Not in a review, at any rate. An artist poured several hours, days, months, even...

This is going to be a strange and belated 9/11 blog post. Instead of a sad and sappy ode to a city and a building that no high schooler...

Four for five years ago, I joined the Sledgehammers, a co-ed rec league softball team in Vancouver. I didn’t have a team that year, and...

Let’s start with the disclaimer: spoilers. Spoilery spoilers that will spoil the movie like three-week-expired whole milk. Still here? ...

The site is celebrating its first birthday! Woohoo! I thank all of you who have visited in the last year in support of this experiment...

I wasn’t expecting to see poetry when I cracked open Long Way Down. I had heard great things about this novel, how it was a nominee for...

In a previous post, I interviewed a character from one of my novels, Kayla Dane from The Favorite, and asked her about her life after the...

The last day of my trip home

Part 3 of my vacation home

Day 2: Like Kids Again My nephew, Desmond, was my first friend. We grew up like brothers, raised in the same apartment as toddlers. Like...

In turbulent times in my life, I need a fresh injection of familiarity to re-center myself. Like most people, I’m disturbed my life...

The last post was a trip down memory lane, and a shout out to my family and closest friends. This post is more of a teachable moment....

There are certain things in my life for which I am incredibly grateful, and what I’m most grateful for are the people I’ve come across in...

Years ago, when I lived in New York and rode the subway a half-hour to and from work every day, I carried a composition notebook with me...

On a lark, I asked a Facebook writing group (10 Minute Novelists, fantastic support group) if it would be a good idea to interview my own...