A More Positive Perspective

Holly Jahangiri, Author
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Unchoice: Don’t Ask Women for Trust

Unchoice: Don’t Ask Women for Trust

Jun 24, 2022 |

To have an abortion or to give birth is, and should be, a choice – and terminating a pregnancy is rarely an easy one. But it should be the woman’s choice, and hers alone.

I Sense Dead People

I Sense Dead People

Apr 24, 2022 |

But on car trips, I have never been accused of being “observant.” So when my mom and dad roused me, that day in God-only-knows-where-Florida, asking, “What do you think of this place?” I assumed they meant as a vaguely potential place to live. 

Half-asleep, only one thought came into my head – one clear-as-a-bell, fairly panicky thought, which I blurted out loudly…

Dynamic Dialogue

Dynamic Dialogue

Apr 11, 2022 | ,

Good dialogue is dialogue that is essential to the story or to the readers’ understanding of the character. It always serves a purpose – either it moves the story forward towards its conclusion, or it illustrates an important facet of the speaker’s character. Good dialogue is not idle chit-chat.

Sara’s Lair

Sara’s Lair

Apr 1, 2022 |

Sara stretched, arching backwards until she heard vertebrae pop, but careful not to tip her desk chair backwards far enough to fall on the stone floor. She stood, touched her toes and did several side-bends. She studied her laptop screen, contemplating her next move. She was no Chess Master, but playing Chess with her friend Andrej helped her to clear her mind and practice her strategic thinking. It relaxed her.

The Things We Do For Love

The Things We Do For Love

Mar 16, 2022 |

Marty had to hand it to her: light-fingered Stella had stolen his heart. Now, he had to toe the line, even if it killed him. At this rate, he was pretty sure it would.

Little Lies We Tell Ourselves

Little Lies We Tell Ourselves

Mar 11, 2022 |

None of us live forever, but your time had begun running out. I knew this, intellectually. But it had never hit me just how finite our lifespans are. There, blanketed by the darkness, I held you and sobbed. When the salt dried against my cheeks, I prayed to God to let me die before you, though I had never felt more alive, or wanted so desperately to live a long life, in order to watch and marvel as yours unfolded.

Pygmies at the Lake: A Tall Tale (or IS It)?

Pygmies at the Lake: A Tall Tale (or IS It)?

Feb 21, 2022 |

I have received urgent pleas from the Allegheny Mountain Ecotourism Board to update this and inform you that it is truly fiction – please, please stop trampling the natural surroundings looking for the indigenous peoples described herein. Or at least support local businesses, you determined adventurers, you.