Amethyst Qu
Bio
Seeker, traveler, birder, crystal collector, photographer. I sometimes visit the mysterious side of life. Author of "The Moldavite Message" and "Crystal Magick, Meditation, and Manifestation."
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Stories (116/0)
Return of the Spix's Macaw
The species was already extinct by the time most people heard of it. In 2011, the movie Rio told the tale of a Spix's Macaw who traveled thousands of miles from Minnesota to Rio to find the last mate of his species. I have never had the heart to see this movie.
By Amethyst Qu10 months ago in Earth
Making Your Escape
Today, for your viewing pleasure, I'd like to introduce you to my older but bolder Peach-fronted Conure Courtney. I lived with this sassy guy for all the 29 years and 11 months of his life, since I brought his parents together and met him when he was still an egg.
By Amethyst Qu10 months ago in Petlife
Fooled by a Wildflower Scam, Left With So Many Questions
Living where I do in southeast Louisiana, I’m well aware of plant rustlers who do things like dig up and sell all the native carnivorous plants on Instagram. These people have pushed our local pitcher plants to near extinction. Don’t buy this stuff. I never see a pitcher plant in the wild anymore. They’ve all been stolen to sell on Facebook Marketplace or maybe to the garden center of the local big box store.
By Amethyst Qu11 months ago in Earth
Three Blood-chilling Horror Audiobooks by Latina Authors
As pumpkin spice season approaches, my thoughts turn to spooky stories. Thanks to Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, I’ve been exploring more of the terrifying worlds of horror created by the new wave of Latina authors.
By Amethyst Qu2 years ago in Horror
- Top Story - October 2022
Moths to a Flickering LightTop Story - October 2022
At night we used to walk for hours. After dark, the light was strange on the west side of the city. The whiff of sulfur came from the streetlamps. They glowed a poisonous orange color that robbed the skin of its beauty and the sky of its stars. A cheap form of lighting, or so they said.
By Amethyst Qu2 years ago in Horror
Lights Out, Nobody’s Home, and the Absinthe Green Schnapps Keep Calling
It was 1999, maybe early 2000. Under the influence of multiple green apple martinis, I had wandered alone into a mostly empty theater showing The Blair Witch Project. Drunk when I stumbled in, drunk when I stumbled out, I found myself walking lost and long through dark, strangely empty streets.
By Amethyst Qu2 years ago in Fiction