I Was Wrong and Nothing Cracked
~ by Aconitum-Napellus I was wrong and nothing cracked but every moment moves away from the sharpest watershed for you. A birth, a building, a star filled slew of life – and then the slowest…
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Roots: Commonality of Folk Tales
“What big teeth you have, Grandma!” I guess you know which tale that quotation comes from, but did you know that many folk and fairy tales are much more ancient than most people think? There’ll…
Lost Time: Chapter 15
By Jocelyne Ross Word Count: 890 Rating: G Summary: While Joyce lies comatose, she relives her life with her husband and family, as they try to wake her up. They come rushing into her room.…
The Wild Hunt: An Exploration of Its Origins in European Folklore
The following article looks at the origins of the Wild Hunt in folklore and some of the variations around Europe. A separate piece considers the idea of the black dogs that are linked to the…
Hussain at Karbala
I wander the sands, smeared crimson o’er gold The blood of my house runs red as the dusk The children are crying, their throats parched earth Children of this earth, begging for rain Just to…
Space Portal: A Review of the Stargate Series
The Stargate series is a fun, fairly family-friendly, excellently speculative run of sci-fi that hits the spot an almost all cylinders for many who appreciate high quality speculative fiction. It's a sci-fi series that uses…
Prayer for Peace
I looked to the North and saw the connectedness of all things. May I always remember that all beings are nothing more than extensions of myself. I looked to the East and heard the whispers…
Riddles and Resolutions: A Game of Thrones Story
Creeeeeaaaaaak! Jon startled as Bran rolled into the Great Hall--Sam pushing the boy’s large wooden chair and scraping the heavy wheels over rough stone. Those two have become thick as thieves, Jon mused to himself,…
Penguins and Oxford Blues
Poor sailors and poor students parse the past Between the paper covers of poor Penguins Poor crumbling pages and crumbling civilizations Held together with rubber bands and Scotch tape And when in middle age The…