Emmaus Isn’t on the Map
By Lawrence “Mack” Hall Word Count: 80 Rating: G Summary: a short poem reflecting on Luke 24:13-35 The road from Emmaus is not in the book Emmaus isn’t even on the map Still, people walk…
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The Burning of Hobera Chapter 1: Kidnapping
By Amanda Pizzolatto, alias Aurora Mandeville Word Count: 1490 Rating: G Summary: When evil forces try to prevent a prophecy of peace from coming to fruition, Elves and Hobs must join together to stop them.…
Harry Potter and the Pain of Revenge: Chapter 1
~ by Brand Spanking New Over the course of his Hogwarts career, Harry Potter had gotten himself in a lot of trouble. Sometimes, it was well deserved, like when he had flown himself and his…
A Saturday Morning in the Bookstore
Why are there now so many books of lists of ten things we must do before we die? Why not nine, or eleven? And why should pay someone for a list of experiences he says…
Shakespeare Aboard the Enterprise
While isolated in my rural estate here along Beer Can Road and County Dump Extension, I have been dragging hoses, reading Robert Frost, saying bad things about the ‘possums pillaging my vegetable garden, and considering…
Ubi Petrus
For Inky and Jason “Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia.” - St. Ambrose of Milan Where Peter was, there also was the Tomb -- Blood-sodden dreams cold-rotting in old sin, The Chalice left unwashed, the Upper Room…
The Trinity of Truths in “I Thirst!”
In the final, desolate moments of His thirty-three years on earth, Our Lord raised that voice which had once inspired hundreds with the power of divinity in a weak appeal. He pleads: “I thirst!” Throughout…
Lost Time: Chapter 5
By Jocelyne Ross Word Count: 566 Rating: G Summary: While Joyce lies comatose, she relives her life with her husband and family, as they try to wake her up. Many more days passed. Joyce is…
A Three-Years’ Child
Lawrence “Mack” Hall Word Count: 110 Rating: G Summary: A poem of a small child in church She was restless in Mass, a three-years’ child And in her patient father’s loving arms She wriggled She…
Jailhouse Reunion
By Amanda Pizzolatto, alias Aurora Mandeville Word Count: 1077 Rating: G Summary: A small cast of fantastical characters have their lives turned upside down. Species: Kodama = Kingfisher-winged beings who have power over the elements.…