• moon over field

    Twilight

    Life is a libation pouring down chasms opening before it, into a geriatric underworld..

  • Secrets of Hopelight - book review by Sue Cook

    Fantasy Fiction Book Review: Secrets of Hopelight

    The characters are powerful motivators to the spirit of individuality in a place where individuality is not the norm. I felt a close kinship to Nubbin.

  • Seder table set for the Passover meal - with Star of David in blue over top

    Seder

    Beitzah: check (the smell of the hard-boiled egg made her gag). Zero’ah: check. Charoset: check (and of course she scooped up some with her finger and licked it clean). In the centre hollow – maror and dates. I hope Irit and Mirele break a tooth on the seed. Expensive dentistry!

  • Jerrie Mock - first woman to fly around the world - image of her airplane on red background, title "The Flying Housewife"

    The Flying Housewife, A True Story – Audio Drama

    Welcome to our first full cast, feature-length audio drama! The true story of Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly around the world.

    Listen along as the full cast tells the story of Jerrie’s great adventure around the world in 1964, claiming the title officially on April 17, after 29.5 days.

  • Orange-tinged poppies on sea-green background, reading Joy, the MockingOwl Roost Volume 4, Issue 1

    Joy – MockingOwl Roost Volume 4, Issue 1

    Welcome to the new season of the MockingOwl Roost’s themed issues. We’re launching the year with an uplifting issue themed on joy. Read along for joy in unusual and unexpected moments, every day life, and much more in the beautiful short stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, artwork, and more.

Quarterly & Special Issues

  • Poetry Special 2022 cover
  • Introspection issue cover
  • Sleeper of R'Lyeh cover
  • cover image of the MockingOwl Roost, Volume 1, Issue 4: Community
  • giant elephant in forest with a man standing in front of the elephant
🦉 Submissions next open from June 1 to August 31 2024
May 16, 2023
Published by Rita Mock-Pike at May 16, 2023
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The Whalebone Theatre: A Review

The Whalebone Theatre is a long, literary read set in the early decades of the 1900s, shortly after WWI and through WWII. It takes a bit for the title to make sense, but once it does, my fellow theatre lovers will delight in the memories and emotions the tale pulls out.
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May 16, 2023
Published by Katie Daniels at May 16, 2023
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Jana Goes Wild: Book Review

Farah Heron takes us on a whirlwind, delicious Tanzanian tour in her latest novel, Jana Goes Wild. This contemporary romance fiction is a great read for anyone who loves a lovingly invasive family, gathering potential travel ideas, or believes in second chances and clean starts
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April 18, 2023
Published by Sue Cook at April 18, 2023
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Book Review: The Comic Book Detective

Alex had a tendency to slide in and out of a dreamworld, he envisioned he was a top Noir Detective with a woman/dame waiting on his desk, a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, and that he could move in and out of the shadows, hiding in the dark night.
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April 15, 2023
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Published by The MockingOwls at April 15, 2023
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Unknown and Unseen – Triannual Issue

Unintentionally, the MockingOwl Roost family chose this topic, Unknown & Unseen, for our first triannual issue in 2023 for a time in which the family would […]
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April 14, 2023
Published by Katie Daniels at April 14, 2023
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The Audrey Hepburn Estate: Book Review

Emma Jansen returns to the estate of her childhood when she learns of its planned demolition, which was the rumored inspiration for the Larrabee home in Sabrina. She can’t imagine her beautiful home as a planned high end condo community
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March 9, 2023
Published by Cyndi Lublink at March 9, 2023
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The Stranger in Our Bed: A MockingOwl Roost Movie Review

This mystery-thriller kept me guessing. It is set in England and, in part, at an old family estate in the country, both of which lend to the movie's mystery. From the beginning, I could feel the tension that proved to weave throughout the story.
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February 24, 2023
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Published by Thomas Cannon at February 24, 2023
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Too Pointless

“The alarm. I have to go home today.” Not being able to take his breath, she sits up and lights a cigarette from her pack on the nightstand. She spots the watery rum and coke also on her nightstand and downs it. When the clock radio clicks and an announcer’s laugh shoots out of it, she hits the snooze button again and allows herself nine more minutes of staring off into space. After eight minutes, she unplugs the radio so that the alarm does not get Rob up.
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