Jessica Barratt

Eden Basics for Beginners | Rise of Empires: Ice and Fire

How to play Eden in Rise of Empires: Ice and Fire for beginners. Tips and tricks to help new players in Eden, Season X.

Let’s Be Honest: Your Body Issues Hurt Me Too

Although I wrote on this topic in 2013 for (a now defunct) imagirl.ca, I think it’s body-positive message is just as important today. That’s why I am re-posting it here (with minor updates) for those of you who might be looking at your friends, and thinking yourself less by comparison. Imagine: You and your bestContinue reading “Let’s Be Honest: Your Body Issues Hurt Me Too”

Bait and Twitch

There’s dirt, and there’s grime, and then there’s whatever lives beneath the cracked-claw fingernails of Arnold K. Sprouse, the fat man who everyone was sure had been a child at some point, who forever twitched or itched at the boils beneath his skin. Worse yet, Arnold was the kind of scrounging sort of thing thatContinue reading “Bait and Twitch”

Tourism Steeped in Tradition

Article originally commissioned by Economic Developers Alberta, and published in Xperience Alberta, two popular investment and tourist publications currently in circulation around the province. You can find the original article HERE. Tourism Steeped In Tradition Alberta’s Indigenous tourism experiences provide a unique combination of history and adventure across the province It’s been said that adventureContinue reading “Tourism Steeped in Tradition”

Spill

A while back I had the honour of having both a short story and a small book review published in the inaugural issue of The Bolo Tie Collective‘s annual anthology. While the book review takes a lighter approach to a local author’s short publication, the short story below casts a dark shadow on Edmonton’s 104th Avenue,Continue reading “Spill”