The Dance of the Soulmates
I’m standing in the cell where my husband had spent the last three years of his life and despite my resolution to remain firm; I cannot hold back the tears. I succumb to emotion, allowing…
Year: 2023
Through My Most Grievous Fault: A Hunchback of Notre Dame Story
They say a monster lives in the bell tower of Notre Dame. They say he is hideous to look upon, that his skin is melted like the wax of altar candles, as if fire, hellfire,…
Sir Gawain and the Princess of Elfland: Epilogue
Notes: The following is my loose retelling of the 14th century alliterative Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the narrative of which was reworked by me under the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord Dunsany, and…
Cemetery Story: A Muslim’s Memoir
I enter the cemetery and follow the all too familiar winding paths. Overhead the jets taking off and landing at Hobby airport assault my ears with the roaring of their turbine engines. The anterior graves…
Lives and Works of the Great Authors: Homer
Homer was born at Smyrna, or Chios, or Colophon, or possibly somewhere else. He lived either in the eighth century BC or in another century, may or may not have been literate, and might or…
Mysteries of the Deep
Off the Coast of Bar Harbor, Maine Present Day The old man lit his pipe. He shook out the match, tossed it away and took a drag. He adjusted the old sailor’s cap on his…
Sir Gawain and the Princess of Elfland: Part 6
Notes: The following is my loose retelling of the 14th century alliterative Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the narrative of which was reworked by me under the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord Dunsany, and…
Brigid of the Flame
I am both Christian and Pagan for the Divine knows no bounds I am known as Mary of the Gael I am the Queen of generosity, for Christ dwells in every creature I am the…
Washington Takes Command: An American Girl Story
Having run all the way from home, Felicity sank back against the wall at her father’s store to catch her breath as Mr. Merriman attended to a customer. Watching and listening to the goings-on with…
Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Image Credit – Pixabay ~ by Ray E. Lipinski “The arches would rise more than a hundred feet, like majestic cathedral windows or the portals of a triumphant gateway” ~ John Roebling, Architect, designer of…