The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 23
The party had made three days' journey into the mountains before the storm came in for earnest on the fourth. The sodden clouds had been lowering above them for several days. Traveling as they were…
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Concerning the Irish Sidhe Faeries
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All Things Visible and Invisible: Chapter 1
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A Trout Supper: A Lord of the Rings Story
By Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 513 Rating: G Summary: Frodo's aunt and uncle try to help him get over his fear of the Brandywine River. Brandywine looked peaceful in the spring sunlight but…
The Hajj: My Reflections and Revelations
It’s been eleven long, interminable years since I traversed land and sea, crossed oceans and sand dunes, and embarked upon the most sacred journey a Muslim can possibly make: the Hajj (pilgrimage to…
Third Time the Charm
By Montrose Word Count: 586 Rated: G Summary: Tsuna, the Tradehood's Master of Arms, rides to meet with the Supreme Prophet Paliens. Zanzibar might have been entering into a long spring, but snow still clung…