A Snow Globe and a Discarded Child
A dreaming child peers into a little glass dome Where snow falls upon a tiny world: A mountain, a forest, a tunnel, a village, a train A kingdom where there is safety and love …
Year: 2023
Coming Together: A Look Back at Season Two of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek fans don’t agree on everything. It’s generally accepted though, that unlike the original Star Trek (TOS), which had an excellent first season then a very good second and a disappointing third, Star Trek:…
Twelve Days of Yuletide
On the first day of Yuletide, my uncle gave to me an evil golden Ring.On the second day of Yuletide, my uncle gave to me two glowing eyes and an evil golden Ring. On the third day of…
The Day After Christmas
The little grey Teddy Bear sat in the back corner of the long shelf, wistfully watching the employees clean up and put away the Christmas decorations. He didn’t really mind that he hadn’t been chosen…
SIR GAWAIN AND THE PRINCESS OF ELFLAND
(PART TWO)
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…
Templerock: A Tale From the Annals of the Prophet
Something moved. I sat up slowly, afraid that abruptly stirring the murky darkness might give life to my fears, and looked around. Were my eyes playing tricks on me? There was nothing but the pitch…
Aliens are Fairies
“UFOs are a modern manifestation of an age-old category of mysterious aerial phenomena that are akin to accounts in folklore, mythology, and religion.”-Thomas E. Bullard, Mysteries in the Eyes of the Beholder “[T]he modern, global…
Christmas Giggles
By Hannah Skipper Ge nerally speaking, a Christmas Eve church service is a solemn occasion. One should not make a lot of noise or fool around while attending. This story, however, is about the time…