A Fork in the Road: A Lord of the Rings Story
“I have come. But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. the Ring is mine!” The terrible words came, but Sam could not believe…
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Comparison of the Novels “Jane Eyre” and “Anna Karenina”
Jane Eyre is feisty and not very pretty, so we are told. But we fall in love with a little girl who has a sensitive heart willing to forgive and pray for those who torment…
If You Go Down to the Woods
(The basic idea of this story has been shamelessly pinched, apologies, but too good to waste) Deeper and deeper into the woods the pair rode until Miss Walker frankly admitted she was lost. She was…
St. Catherine of Genoa and Baron Von Hugel: An Encounter in Eternity
There of pure Virgins none Is fairer seen, Save One, Than Mary Magdalene. Gaze without doubt or fear Ye to whom generous Love, by any name, is dear. Love makes the life to be A…
Did Screwtape Predict Monty Python?: C.S. Lewis as a Contributor to British Comedy
This year marks 80 years since The Screwtape Letters was published in book form (February 1942, to be exact). The book’s impact can be measured in many ways, such as how many writers have used…
Gandalf the Procrastinator: A Character Study
Revisiting a post written many years ago, which has also since appeared in the Inner Circle Writers’ Magazine—it’s about one of Tolkien’s most famous characters, but explores him in a unique way... As with many…
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…
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…