A New Dawn of Freedom
A NEW DAWN OF FREEDOM By Lawrence Hall Word count: 83 Rating: G Summary: The poet dedicates the New Year to Christian virtues, rather than the old Pagan ones. A new dawn of freedom? May…
Month: January 2018
Silent Night: An American Girl Story
~ by Hannah Skipper As the snow let up in the wee hours of the morning on Christmas Day 1944, forty-nine-year old Colonel James Bennett and a small contingent of British and American officers hunkered…
Epiphany, Transferred
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 87 Rating: G Summary: A poem digesting what Epiphany would be like today. How, then, does one transfer a holy day? The Magi reschedule their appointments, The camels are re-booked…
A London Christmas: A Chronicles of Narnia Serial – Chapter 3
The next day, Lucy was skipping to keep up with Peter’s long strides. “I wonder what Father Christmas will bring us this year,” she said. “I’d love some good Narnia cloth.” Peter cleared his throat.…
Frodo’s Last Shire Yule: A Lord of the Rings Story
Frodo stood silently in the dark parlour, looking at the single light that glowed by his favorite chair. The book he was reading awaited him by the table. The blanket he often wrapped himself in…
An Avalonian Christmas
By Amanda Pizzolatto Word Count: 3540 Rating: G Summary: Another of Amanda's Crossover stories. A Quiet Evening Bran Davies let out a breath. Well, here it goes. He was going to step out of this…
Christmas in Cokeworth: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 6: To Raise Us from the Grave
By Avallina Balestri (alias Rosaria Marie) Word Count: 29645 Rating: PG for brief moments of peril and thematic elements Summary: Harry and Snape spend Christmas together and come to understand one another a little better. Once…
Freeze and Thaw: A Star Trek Story
December was a dull month. Even on the starship Enterprise, without the natural cycles of weather or the tilt of the earth creating shorter, darker, colder days, December was still a dull month this year.…
Holiday TV Brings Armories, a Cyclops, and the Slaughter of the Awgwas
On the last Christmas afternoon of the 20th century, my younger brother and I sat mesmerized in front of the TV watching Krull. Now, Krull is not one of the better sci-fi/fantasy films of the…