The Best Robe – A Star Trek Story: Chapter 9
~ By Laura Cynthia Chambers Kirk sat on the edge of the metal chair, steepling his fingers together. “Is that the best you can do, Doctor?” He cast a fleeting glance at the two small…
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Sun, Sky & Moon Chronicles Chapter 11: Good-Bye
~ By Adeel Ahmed Rated PG-13 for violence and language Author’s Note: These are excerpts from a series of stories by Adeel Ahmed. The world is an alternative history Earth where Mythology and humans with special…
The Priest’s House
Cleaning out a priest’s house Is a strange thing Like a sheep finding the shepherd Gone And the crook standing up And the hat, tossed to the side You wonder if he’ll ever come back…
Arising in Might: The Concept of Evil in the Works of Tolkien
The concept of evil is in The Silmarillion represented by Melkor, whose similarity to Satan is even greater than that between Eru and God. Melkor was the greatest of the Ainur with a share in…
And So They Lived: A Les Miserables Story
I wandered down the dark Paris streets, lost in my mind. Strangers hurried by, and the street lamps cast shadows and reflections of other worlds in the rain pools in the uneven cobblestones. The chill…
A Christ-Worshiper’s Response
In response to a poem by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya ~ O Christ-worshipers! Fair questions have been put to us in search of wise answers, By our kin, children of Ibrahim, our father in faith, and…
Don Juan Triumphs
~By Stephanie Piro Erik looked down into the bowl of the glass of brandy he was holding and swirled it before allowing himself to taste it. “Perfection,” he said aloud. The Opera managers did have…
King of the Mountain: A Visitor’s Journal Entry
Grave of British Major Patrick Ferguson, King’s Mountain, South Carolina, Summer of 2014 I see where you fell, Ferguson. They tell me you were struck by a dozen bullets and dragged down this hill with…
Tolkien and Pagan Myth
What is the Druidic tradition of spirituality conveyed through storytelling, and what were some of Tolkien’s inspirations taken from Pagan Myth? OK, big subject this, and it’s not possible to provide more than a quick…
Slip in Time: Chapter 8
Hagrid guided them to tiny paddle boats that took them towards the castle. Severus had explained that the first-years were brought in separately to give the older students a chance to be seated before the…