On a Darkling Plain
~ by Charles A. Coulombe I say the world is dreadful and dark, which cause some, perhaps, to remark,that I must be a horrid Manichee,all caught up in duality.But not all is bad that…
Year: 2020
Ark Book VII: Matrilinium – Story One: Welcome
It’s been said the first person on Earth who will live to be 150 years old has already been born. It’s also been said, the way we are fouling the Earth, we may have just…
Narnia: Letters from Screwtape: Episode 8 – Eustace
~ by Hannah Skipper My Dear Rack, Now, let me see if I’ve got this right. You’ll tell me if I don’t have it quite right, won’t you, Rack? Of course, you will—after all, you…
Disaster at Sea: The Loss of the White Ship
While my main focus of interest is usually Lord Nelson and his Navy, today I'm writing about a ship of a very different era: la Blanche-Nef, aka, the White Ship, which sank during the twelfth…
The Way of the Cross
All of earth is in conflict, dualistic from the positive and negative energies of subatomic particles on through to its magnetic poles.All of life made of earth is in conflict, dualistic from life to death…
The Commission
“Ciao Gabriella,” I called, as I squeezed past the stack of blank canvasses blocking the doorway to the small office at the back of the gallery. Hearing my voice, Gabriella squealed, practically vaulting over a…
Narnia: Letters from Screwtape: Episode 7 – Lucy
~ by Hannah Skipper My Dear Leasprink, Well, I have to say, I wasn’t totally surprised to receive your most recent update. After all, you’re the most incompetent and foolish of all my students so,…
The Fifth Luminous Mystery
~ by Lawrence Hall Passover. Romans patrol all the streetsAnd we are invited to a rented hallAnd who paid for the cleaning deposit?I’m a little nervous; do I look okay? This is a big deal.…
Shadowlands
~ by Charles A. Coulombe I have spent the years of my existencewith a blood-induced persistencein a strange New England of the soul -Poe or Lovecraft cast the role.With the old familial band,I have lived…
Gargoyles: The Stones That Speak
Gothic Architecture has shaped our view of the Medieval period. It is my belief that church-building achieved its highest point during the Gothic period, and no Gothic structure would be complete without the classic Gothic…