Month: July 2022

Short Fiction

Merida Brown’s Clue

“If I’m not back in five minutes, they’ve caught me. You don’t stay in this house another minute, you get out and wait for the boys, no matter what.”

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Nonfiction

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Other Inklings (and Similar Writers) You Probably Haven’t Read

BY G. CONNOR SALTER

Numerous imitators of The Lord of the Rings filled the fantasy market (Terry Brooks’ The Sword of Shannara is an early example).

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Poetry

A Footprint on the Road to Santiago

BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL

Sin-weary and sunburnt, a pilgrim plods
Through weeds and dust and sometimes traffic lights

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Short Fiction

Nusaybah: Bravest of Believers

BY ADEEL AHMED

“Perhaps we all have different sides to us, and many roles to fulfill,” she remarked wistfully. “I was a mother, then I became a warrior.”

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Poetry

The Idea of North

BY ANANDA BARXTON Traveling Northis to travel through time.In July,when winter cold gnaws the city,going Northis going forward,into the spring.Warm days,blue sea,flowers verging the road. But to go Northis also to go backwards.into primal lands,basking in the great Australian silence,where people still livein the Dreaming.To townswhere...

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Nonfiction

Heaven on Earth: A Life Lesson Only Our Furry Buddies Can Teach Us

BY MICHAEL GOTH

There may be no pain greater than the loss of a furry friend. Dogs and cats give us unconditional love, and ask only for the same in return.

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Short Fiction

The King Awakens: A Godzilla Story

BY DAVID GLENN
Then came the growl. A deep, ancient sound that vibrated through their bones and shook their very souls.

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Poetry

Seraphim of Sarov

BY LAWRENCE HALL

Saint Seraphim was seen feeding a bear
He would have fed the robbers too, poor men

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Short Fiction

The Magic Word: A Harry Potter Story

BY LUCY POTTER

“You know me. James, Lily, were some of my best mates. I’d have never sold them out.”

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Nonfiction

If Only One Soul Was Saved: Evelyn Waugh’s Pro-Life Message

BY DANIEL FRAMPTON

It might surprise some to learn that one of the great works of twentieth-century war literature carries a pro-life message.

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