“Remember”: On the Cultus of Charles I
BY SEAN EARNER Piety is an all-serving, all-mastering virtue by which to inhabit both the modern and the postmodern present alike. Its homely humility bears within itself a hidden power by which all the dryness, doubt, and darkness are made into the very conditions of its victory. We often hear the laments, or celebrations, of …...
The Headless Ones
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Charles and Oliver, headless now, Rejected by the modern mind That find their souls too stubborn, Their rules too ruthless, Their contest without consequence, For they refused to compromise Whatever point they seized upon, And now the world is full weary Of raging for the right, Or daring to suggest That such...
A Marriage of Necessity: A Game of Thrones Story – Chapter 4
BY CAIT SMITH
“You’ve married a Lannister. Soon you’ll have a Lannister baby. It’s a dream come true for you, isn’t it?”
Prologue
BY IZABELA RAITTILA Preface Ever since I can remember I have always had a vivid imagination. As a child and throughout my teenage years I would often come up with stories only a few of which were written down and many were left unfinished. As I grew up, I abandoned this hobby but I maintained …...
Imam Husayn: The Timeless Hero
BY BILAL MUHAMMAD On the tenth of Muharram, in the year ~61 After Hijra, al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be with him) was murdered alongside members of his family, companions of the Prophet Muhammad (the blessings and peace of God be with him and his family), and scores of Husayn’s friends and loyalists. …...
Movie Review: Freud’s Last Session
BY G. CONNOR SALTER If you’re going to make a play into a film, how do you get past the stage? It’s an old problem. As filmmaker Nicolas Roeg said, the problem is that “a play is a different experience. It isn’t a film, and the plot unfolds with words only. You can think a …...
Snow Clouds for Children on a January Dawn
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL There could be snow later, and that would be nice. Children can grow up here and never see snow. Today they might go out and play in it While we old folks tut-tut, “You’ll catch your death…” But they are asleep, the snow is asleep, Only the rain is awake, drip, …...
A Marriage of Necessity: A Game of Thrones Story – Chapter 3
BY CAIT SMITH
“I’ve been told they’re built on trust,” Tyrion said. “A trait which is perhaps even more important in an arranged marriage.”
C.S. Lewis Expert Interview: William O’Flaherty
BY G. CONNOR SALTER A revised version of this interview, including footnotes to explain references and new research, can be found in The Other Inklings: Interviews with Scholars on C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and Inklings-Adjacent Figures (Apocryphile Press, 2026). William O’Flaherty has a unique position in C.S....
“Now Come the Days of the King!”: Aragorn as a Figure of Christ the King in the Lord of the Rings
By Thomas J. McIntyre
Christ the king imagery abounds in Lord of the Rings.
