Rona has impacted everyone and it has had some affects on Ninth hour. The first is online classes. My professors started giving more work than usual which really cut down my writing time. That’s why the ZY countdown post have been lacking. Secondly, I’m being more cautious about my money and spending, so things likeContinue reading “COVID-19 Update”
Author Archives: Rael
A Story on Blackness vs A Black Story
Yesterday on twitter I came across this tweet and article: https://themuse.jezebel.com/in-blackaf-kenya-barris-only-has-love-for-white-people-1843015698/amp?__twitter_impression=true (You should definitely read this article before you continue reading this post.) When I was watching #Blackaf I didn’t know how I felt about it. To me it felt like a PG-13 version of Black-ish. When I read the article it summed up howContinue reading “A Story on Blackness vs A Black Story”
Power System
Power System Zero Year has an elemental power system with six different elements broken into two groups. Before we get into the elements, we have to get into the power itself. Ashe (Ah shay). The word ashe comes from the Yoruba tradition. It is described as the divine flow of energy that makes up everything.Continue reading “Power System”
Maisha Sayari
Maisha Sayari is similar but very different from earth. Maisha Sayari Translates from Swahili as Life Planet. Realm Calendar: There are 24 hours a day, 6 days a week, 5 weeks and 30days in every month, and three months in each of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter). There is no hemisphere differenceContinue reading “Maisha Sayari”
Representation is Important
I wanted to make this post next week but with today being the last day of black history month it couldn’t wait. Representation is important in the black community. It’s important that we see ourselves in main stream media, art and Literature. In mainstream media, art and literature The black community is under represented andContinue reading “Representation is Important”
What is Ninth Hour Fiction?
Ninth Hour Fiction is an amateur fiction writing blog. The main purpose of 9thhr is to create and present original stories and characters that represent the black community accurately and realistically. 9thhr started in January of 2019. I started writing creatively as a new year resolution. Fast forward a year later, now I can’t goContinue reading “What is Ninth Hour Fiction?”
Zero Year
Myth or Taboo? It’s the nineties (1390s) and the cycle could be coming to an end in 1400. It is currently the 8th cycle and the only thing people know about the end is there will be a “Red Moon”. With many different conspiracy theories and religious beliefs about the “Zero Year”, People are splitContinue reading “Zero Year”