Humans have a great capacity for creativity and manifest their creative capacities in a myriad of ways. Simultaneously, religion enjoins us to be pious. Does religion stifle creativity by codifying personal and societal rules and,…
I step through the wood of my soul, hushed by the breathless winter pre-dawn, gray as geese wings, touched by the softest whisper of a star’s light, shining unseen beyond the snow clouds. Is it…
By Vanessa Parry (alias: Elwen) Word Count: 670 Rated: G Summary: Frodo meets Tithen, Elrond's cat, for the first time. Frodo could not remember ever feeling so at peace and he gently scratched the neck…
“The people of the city, young and old Were all lamenting, crying, sighing loud The villagers as well as Turks and Greeks, They tore their shirts from grief for this great man. ‘He was our…
By LastCrazyHorn Word Count: 105891 Rating: PG-13 for brief language, violence, and depictions of abuse Summary: A disabled Harry comes to Hogwarts story. Everyone expects him to be like his dad, but how can he be with…
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who lived in a land of gloom a light has shone…” Isaiah’s prophetic voice shouts amid a dark, gloomy, and torn world.…
She awoke next morning feeling better than she had for many days. She pushed the covers back and got slowly to her feet, noticing that the other beds in the room were all empty. She…
By Amanda Pizzolatto, (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 2253 Rating: G Summary: The story of Scheherazade's rendezvous with a genie friend She walked gracefully under the canopy of dark needles, the only thing moving in an…
There is a common claim made that the distinction between Muslim and Christian understandings of God are a stark difference between a distant, remote, severe deity and an intimate, invested, and loving one.…
By Amanda Pizzolatto Word Count: 76 Rating: G Summary: a poem of falling snow Snowflakes are twirling The wind is whirling All throughout the land Crystals they are Like sparkling stars That tumble to the…
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