The Nightingale and the Rose
~by Clary Fray There was once a beautiful white Rose (there were only white roses at the time) that bloomed one spring morning. She shone above all her sisters, not a single flaw amongst her…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Beauties, Beasts, and Phantoms: A Brief History of Beauty & The Beast
The perennially beloved tale of Beauty and the Beast has been told in dozens of different ways throughout the years. From its origins in far off days as a myth of a god and a…
A Tale of Two Men: A Character Comparison between Sydney Carton and Dermot
One couldn’t think of two books more dissimilar than a work of French Gothic fiction such as Charles Dickins’s A Tale of Two Cities and Agatha Christie’s psychological, semi-autobiographical love story that ends badly, Unfinished…
House Cat: A Phantom of the Opera Story
Not everyone at the Opera House knew it was haunted. Perhaps the House cat had no idea beyond looking for the next rat. Cats are wise, after all, and don’t believe in ghosts. But most…
Hellfire, Dark Fire: A Character Study of Frollo from Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
What does a character need in order to be a convincing villain? Is it his words? His actions? How he evolves over the course of the story? In Disney’s animated film The Hunchback of Notre…
Hidden Beauty
~by Donna L. Ferguson Dudley The ones unprized, unrealized, the ones who garner gasps, not sighs, outwardly ugly or deformed, oft' harbor hearts most true and warm. The hunchback, bullied and despised, 'hind…
Spider Trap
~ by Amanda Pizzolatto Ananse’s feet landed lightly on the rooftop. Sensing the arrival of the other three behind him, his eyes focused on a building with a blue light illuminating its bottom floor. “So,…
Outside the Law: A Robin Hood Story
~ by Avellina Balestri Robin slunk up the stairs, trying hard not to let his teeth chatter together as he passed by his father’s study. He had learned to walk like an animal in the…
Meeting Imams and Other Anomalies
When I had first entered the Al-Mahdi Institute, I had to learn Arabic and at that point recognise the letters. One night, alone in my rented house, I was attempting to read the first few…