Muffins and Moonflowers: A Harry Potter Story
From the first year Severus Snape taught Luna Lovegood in Potions Class, she was always getting on his nerves by being unfailingly cloudy in the head. She lived in a dream world, he decided, and…
Month: September 2019
Angelic Beings: The Ainur and Maiar
The Ainur The Ainur of Tolkien’s Legendarium were beings of spiritual nature who, actually, played the most important role in the forming of the World after Ilúvatar. But their understanding is rather ambiguous. The Ainulindalë…
The Scars of Our Lady of Czestochowa
~by Lawrence "Mack" Hall Upon the Luminous Mountain a bell Calls all of us to Our Lady’s wounded Heart She looks at us with sorrow in her eyes Her scars are like the tears that…
Franco Zeffirelli: A Life on Screen, Stage, and in Service of Christ
When the great Italian director of screen and stage, Franco Zeffirelli, passed away on June 15, 2019, obituaries and tributes to the man primarily focused on his 1968 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo &…
Night and Light
~by Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Merida slowly peeked around the tree. There, lying on the ground and moaning in pain was a white dragon. Merida was ready to draw her bow, just in case,…
Beyond the Shire: Memories of Reading “The Lord of the Rings”
The climb used to seem dangerous to reach the correct tier of the waterfall, the best one for reading, especially reading Tolkien. Safe there from the rest of the world, ready to be absorbed into…
Interpretation
~by Ana Lisa de Jong I saw your face and you could have been the same age. Your eyes looked like mine, except for the cares they revealed, (more…)
Flight of the Primrosa
~By Amanda Pizzolatto “Captain, all systems are on and functioning, we are ready to go.” “Thank you Carial, take us out and . . . head for Castarla, please.” “With pleasure, Captain Marrel,” smiled Carial…
Slip in Time: Chapter 9
~ By Chris S. (alias WerewolfKing350) Professor Slughorn brought all of the first-years down to the common room after breakfast, the next morning, and went over the Slytherin house rules and gave them their class…
The Best Robe – A Star Trek Story: Chapter 9
~ By Laura Cynthia Chambers Kirk sat on the edge of the metal chair, steepling his fingers together. “Is that the best you can do, Doctor?” He cast a fleeting glance at the two small…