Reprise: A Les Miserables Story
~ By Seth Figment Reader Advisory: themes of suicide After being greeted and brought to the afterlife by Fantine's spirit, Valjean wanders away from the crowd and encounters someone he never thought he would see…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Up in Flames
~ by Amanda Pizzolatto Erik coughed and gasped as he fled from the smoke into the darkened streets. He stumbled a few feet from the opera house before stopping and turning to look at the…
Notre Dame: A Picture Walk from 2017
~ By Sarah Levesque When I got the news that Notre Dame was burning, I was at work. All my coworkers and I were aghast that such a treasure was burning. Thankfully, we soon got…
One Small Star: A Les Miserables Poem
~ by Avellina Balestri One small star, like the flame of a candlestick One small star which my blot out the rest One small star that may heal all enmity One small star that may…
An Emperor’s Grudge
~ By Adeel Ahmed Author's note: The following is based on a true story about Thomas Dumas, the son of a black slave woman and a French noble father, thus making him of mixed racial…
Bells of Notre Dame
~ By Amanda Pizzolatto He waited for some time after the church was locked before emerging from his hiding place among the shadows. He took in the beauty that was Notre Dame. It had been…
Daughters of the Phantom: A Phantom of the Opera Story
Katherine woke in the familiar darkness, sleeping on a bundle of old theater curtains. She felt comfortable in the dark; ‘it was friendly,’ her father always told her. The only light came from dim candles…
Haemorrhage: A Phantom of the Opera Story
~ By littlelonghairedoutlaw She’d suspected he was ill for some time, but That Night, the night she tries not to remember, confirmed it for her. Raoul and the Persian trapped in the wall of her…
La Cité des Cloches: How Kingdom Hearts Failed to Use The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of my favorite animated films from Disney. I love the story and the characters, showing how even the good guys can have flaws in them and how the…
Making the Bones Live: A Look at Claude Manceron’s Epic History of the French Revolution
Many history books collect dust on library shelves across the globe--and for good reason. Too many of these books instruct but fail to entertain or even engage readers. Simply put, there are many reasons books…