“Song of Locke”: The Adventure You’ve Been Longing For
Have you ever felt a longing to be in Tolkien's Middle Earth? To be surrounded by that sort of myth and power? If you're familiar with the works of Tolkien's Inklings, you might know the…
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Imaginary Love
~ by Kashif Qaimi If I were there with you, I would spend hour upon hour Seated by your side, Watching you as you sleep Or while you are at your work, Or when a…
Sunflower & Snowflake, Superheroes: A Crossover Story
By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 4258 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: Jack Weiss, aka Jack Frost, and Rapunzel fight Nightmares in Germany as their superhero alter egos. The school bell…
My Partner, Let Us Walk Together a While
My partner, let us walk together a while The stars will soon awaken to light our way along. We will remember the old days, Conversing with one another, Sharing our memories, each in turn Your…
Where the Shadows Lie: The Problem of Evil according to Tolkien
There are two subjects which Tolkien's works are very careful never to touch: the first one is sex, and the other is the machine. Tolkien talks at length about each of these in his Letters…
Patience and Hope: The Fairytale of a Girl’s Dreams
Bad guys avoid good girls, the way wimps avoid warriors. For many young women, their choices are often lonely ones, because on the road to God, there are only three people; her, the devil and…
The Glow: A Summer Memoir
“A trip down memory lane to when life was much simpler, sweeter, and where innocence lived. Where there was a magic that we all experienced as kids. I look around now…at the summers of my…
The Voyages of the Asimov: A Star Trek Fan Saga – Chapter 6
By Ariel Klay and the Members of the Starship Asimov Fan Club Word Count: Story in Progress, to be determined. Rating: PG-13 for minor blood and sensual content Summary: The Adventures of the Crew of…
Telescoping Hope: The Role of Stories
A story is a telescope, bringing the distance within arm’s reach. So often, the lives we lead seem long, perhaps uneventful, twisting and turning from one instance to another, usually before we have time to…
Sir Gawaine and Lady Rhiannon: A King Arthur Story
It was a beautiful summer morning as Sir Gawaine ap Lot walked into Camelot Castle, ready to take up his latest assignment. It would be a simple, routine patrol of the heavily forested area to…