In honor of Banned Books Week, we are sharing some reflections from one of our team members. Though not exactly … More
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Pirate Week: Treasure Island.
As much as some of us around here at Fictional Almanac think of The Goonies as their go-to pirate story … More
Talk like a Pirate Day (Sept 19).
Today is the day when we celebrate the dialect that we all have heaaarrrrrrty feelings about–Talk Like a Pirate Day! … More
Pirate Week: Pirates of Penzance.
This delightful musical follows Frederic, a pirate apprentice, who is released from his apprenticeship and promptly falls in love with … More
Pirate Week: The Goonies
In honor of Pirate week (which includes Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day on September 19), we’re featuring stories about pirates to get you … More
On Deck: Pirate Week
Tighten your eye patches and polish your wooden legs–next week we be setting sail for Pirate Week. As we’re sure … More
Tally and Shay’s 16th Birthday (Sept 9)
Tally and Shay became friends shortly before their 16th birthdays (on Sept 9th) when they were supposed to have mandatory … More
The stock of d’Anconia Copper crashes. (Sept 3)
Francisco d’Anconia causes a number of fires and cave-ins to his own copper mines, deliberately crushing the wealth of his … More
Harry Potter takes his son to Platform 9 ¾ (1 Sept 2017)
In the final book in the Harry Potter series, we are flashed forward 19 years to the day that we … More
Judgment Day (August 29, 1997)
Happy anniversary of when the machines tried to wipe out humanity. Or in the words of John Connor: “On August … More
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