Month: April 2018
Warrior, Rose, Judge & Light: A Chronicles of Narnia Poem
~ by Hannah Skipper Peter is the Warrior. He is always ready to defend his kingdom. He is always ready to protect his family. He is always ready to stand up for the Lion. He…
Look Closer: Catholicity in the Entertainment Industry
~ by Oliver J. Olinger I’ve heard many a Catholic complain throughout the years that there are too few options in the realm of entertainment toward which a devout, religious man or woman can turn…
Vale of Tears: A Song of the Elves
You graced my brows with gleaming light And sent me forth into the night A lantern swinging in my hand I faced a sea of windswept land A glitter, glimmer Moth of white Unto a…
A Slytherin Situation: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 4
Harry Potter and Harry Snape returned to the Slytherin common room in Hogwarts, and Potter spent the next few days at Hogwarts. It was particularly difficult for him to interact with the people he had…
Superhero Sundays: The Forever People
By Ian T. Wilson Word Count: 249 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A short biography of DC Comics character Mark Moonrider Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome again to Superhero Sundays. I’m…
Beauty Amid Destruction: Titanic’s Celtic Window
When the RMS Titanic slipped beneath the waves 106 years ago today, she was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, and after all this time underwater, examples of her beauty…
The Ravens
By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word count: 753 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A new fairy tale in the style of the old ones Once upon a time, in a far away…
The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved: Chapter 1
I don’t understand. That was the only coherent thought I could grasp amid the tumult swirling in my mind. Seized with foreboding intuition, I knew that this was going to be a night unlike any…
Furious Fancies: The Musings of a Traditional Catholic Poet
Poetry is a young man’s game. That is not to say that older people (and women) can’t write fine poetry. They can and do. But there is something about a man’s youth — his…