The Beginning of Life
Twelve years of chaos, seven of war. His eyes searched out the window in silence. Ever since the day when Death had knocked on every door, it had never been as it was. There was…
Month: July 2022
Nusaybah: Bravest of Believers
Village in Arabia, circa 7th Century In the training yard, a middle-aged man and a teenage boy circled and lunged at one another, the air cracking as their weapons clashed. “I yield!” cried the boy, as…
A Poem for Eid
by Avellina Balestri (For my Muslim friends, whose ancestry lies across the Islamic East, particularly Adil Mulk, and in solidarity with the struggles of the Palestinian people.)People of the East,Carved of earth and sand,Cut by river…
A Legendary Queen: Part 1 – Chapter Seven: Coronation
Snowbrice 13, 849 The mood of the castle changed dramatically between yesterday and today. Yesterday, the Narnians mourned the loss of their King and Queen. Today, however, everyone was excited because the Creatures were…
A Footprint on the Road to Santiago
A footprint on the road to SantiagoIt has meaning - a footprint, and anotherAn indent from the ferrule of a stickToward a vision of a Field of StarsSin-weary and sunburnt, a pilgrim plodsThrough weeds and…
‘Passionately Smashin’ Every Expectation’: A Review of Miranda’s Hamilton
by Meagan McKinstry In early 2015, a new show opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater: a hip-hop musical about American founding father Alexander Hamilton. The idea sounds somewhat absurd – indeed, an audience laughed…
A Legendary Queen: Part 1 – Chapter Six: Battle That Made a Princess a Queen
Snowbrice 10, 849 Mum and Dad set out for the Western border to try to stop Jadis from killing the Tree of Protection and invading Narnia. They wouldn’t let me come because I would…