A Not So Horrible Beginning – Part 3
EmilyI dropped my stuff on the counter and sank into my comfy armchair. Visiting my parents had been rough today, my dad was complaining as usual, and my mother was wondering when I was going…
Month: September 2014
Real, Solid, and Unbending: The Life and Legacy of Sir John Moore
Sir John Moore first leapt out of the pages of British history for me when my friend, Graham Wright, who lives not far from Moore's birthplace in Glasgow, Scotland, bid me look him up…
Out of the Information Highway to Middle-Earth I Am Come: A Review of The Lord of the Rings Online
Aragorn crouches on the ground, studying the map laid out before him. I stand off to one side and try to look as if I actually belong here. Tersely he gives orders to our…
Where Are My Lembas?: A Lord of the Rings Poem
O where, O where have my lembas gone? O where, O where can they be?! I’ve looked in the sack and I’ve looked on the ground! O where, O where can they be?! – O…
A Not So Horrible Beginning – Part 2
EmilyI hopped out; the sky was an inky blue and looked as if diamonds were littered across it. Liam came up behind me, resting his arm on my shoulders. He gazed down at me “Do…
An Extract from the Files of George Whitby, Investigator: A Mystery Based on the Game “Clue”
You’re tangled in your latest murder file when the telephone begins to shrill and rattle against the hook like a panicking bird. Reluctantly, you pluck up the earpiece and pull the receiver to…
Bringing Sight to the Blind: A Movie Review of "Amazing Grace"
Year: 2006 Length: 117 minutes Genre: Biography/Drama Film Rating: PG (for mild language and intense thematic elements) Cast: Ioan Gruffudd (William Wilberforce), Romola Garai (Barbara Spooner), Benedict Cumberbatch (William Pitt), Michael Gambon (Lord Charles Fox),…
In Love with Squirrels: A Review of M.I. McAllister’s “The Mistmantle Chronicles”
On the bookshelf above my desk at this moment rest five beautiful books, the bindings of which are all inscribed The Mistmantle Chronicles. If you were to reach up and pull out the first of…
A Not So Horrible Beginning – Part 1
I sighed, watching my hands slip the earring into my ear. My reflection stared back at me with a sulky expression. I couldn’t believe my friends did this to me. A Blind Date! What was…