Home: A Harry Potter Story
~ by Rebekah Peterson Another sunny day Has come and gone away In Paris and Rome But I want to go home Harry ducked under the threshold of the bar, into the gleaming sunlight of…
Year: 2017
The Color of Love: A Harry Potter Poem
Author's Note: This is a poetic sequel to "Legend of the Lost" in which Severus Snape and Lily Evans are finally reunited in the afterlife. ~ “Lily, tell me, What color is it I’m seeing? Or is…
Misery Loves Company: A Review of “A Series of Unfortunate Events”
If you are reading this post, you are probably considering whether or not you should read A Series of Unfortunate Events. I am here to tell you that you will hear two different answers for…
An Exception to Every Rule: A Harry Potter Satire
Author's Note: Fondly dedicated to an outspoken pony protester, Byrnwiga, who inspired some of the colorful dialogue in our little vignette! ;) *** The time had come for the dreadful scene in which everyone’s…
Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Epilogue: Remember Me
A man in his mid-30's, wearing glasses and an overcoat, stood in a windswept cemetery in front of a grave. It was a gray winter day, as gray as the waves crashing against…
Throwing Away the Ladder: Seeking God Beyond Logic
There’s an important little passage in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov which has in it the seed of an important argument. The great thing about this book, however, is that it is possible to pick any…
Tolkien and the Myth of Creation
The books of the British writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien are very popular, irrespective of age, gender, race, and religion. Most readers enjoy his books because of the heroic events which bring them to an…
The Lies We Tell: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 1: If Only
By Jessica Beaubien (alias Niaf) Word Count: 27542 Rating: PG for situations of peril Summary: The alternate account of the Chamber of Secrets seen through Snape's eyes. Severus leaned back in his seat. His long…
Whispers of the Autumn Court
You’ve heard us your whole life That raspy whispering from the trees that beckons and tells you You’re one of us… You were afraid once The unknown darkness overwhelmed you Above all sense of truth…
Into the Valley of Death: An Analysis of “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
“The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Tennyson was a poem I really enjoyed. Partially because the third stanza was quoted in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season six episode “Sacrifice of Angels”. Having…