The Visitors from America
~By Stephanie Piro It was almost time for the holidays and there was a sense of merriment that permeated every corner of the Paris Opera House…save one. The corner in which lived Erik, the Phantom…
Year: 2019
Robin Hood “Telling His Beads”: A Catholic Reflection on the Prince of Thieves
The legends of Robin Hood and his Merry Men exert a near universal appeal, and have done so for generations. From ballads to books to films, the daring rebel spirit of the Prince of Thieves…
Slip in Time: Chapter 6
Later that afternoon, Severus and Harry were sitting outside of Severus' house eating some brownies when a girl with bright red hair and green eyes approached the house. She was smiling brilliantly and looked happy…
The Best Robe – A Star Trek Story: Chapter 6
~ By Laura Cynthia Chambers Grace wandered over to the buffet table, looking over at Albix as she selected from a wide variety of foods. Instead of the casual clothes he had worn on the…
Sun, Sky & Moon Chronicles Chapter 8: Physical Touch
~ By Adeel Ahmed Rated PG-13 for violence and language Author’s Note: These are excerpts from a series of stories by Adeel Ahmed. The world is an alternative history Earth where Mythology and humans with special…
Companion in Affliction: The Private Life and Wartime Trials Lord Charles Cornwallis
Lord Charles Cornwallis is a name that is inextricably linked with the British surrender at Yorktown and the end of the American Revolution in the popular imagination. Few think of him as more…
Snow White Sacrament
Beneath the dome A treasure sleeps As silent as the winds of love Proceeding from the darkest tomb White as the snows of winter’s freeze, White as the rays of summer’s blaze, A stillness penetrating…
The World Was Watching Cullowhee: Memories of the “Great American Eclipse”
“It’s so great that there’s an eclipse on the first day of class!” Dad rejoiced, thrilled that he had an excuse not to go to campus. He then played a BBC News video on the…
Voice of a Kingdom
They ask me why I love this land, Then mock me for my lack of words; How can I define such a mystic thing, Bound by a cord that cannot be traced, Swelling in my…
Summer Storm
~by Stephanie Piro It was summertime. The normal hustle and bustle of the Opera House and all its routines were on hiatus for the month of August as the staff and performers who made their…