All in the Family: A Harry Potter Story
Hermione Granger Potter was busy at work on supper in the kitchen when she heard the sound of a wheelchair pulling up behind her. With eight years of practice, Severus Snape was getting accustomed to…
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Vulcan Valentine Vignette: A Star Trek Story
40 Eridani was hot today. Outside, sand scudded over the ground in a light wind, scouring rocks into ever more exquisite sculptures millimetre by millimetre and grain by grain. It was a long time, it…
My Fair Lady: A Lady and the Tramp Story
~ by Hannah Skipper Tramp flipped the gate’s latch with his nose and pushed it open with his paw as Lady stared mournfully back at four puppies who paid no heed to their mother’s…
Miraculous Waters: A Troubadour's Link to Lourdes
The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is close to the heart of The Traveling Troubadour. His grandmother was originally from the area around Bize and Pau in the Southern Pyrenees region of France,…
Sven Stolpe: The Swedish Waugh
There aren’t very many well-known Swedish Catholics. The most famous is probably St Birgitta (as a Swedish St Birgitta scholar insists we should call her, to distinguish her from St Bridget of Kildare).…
Healing: A Harry Potter Story
The soft glow of the orange sunset illuminated the Great Hall as a hush fell over the crowd. Despite the immense damage to Hogwarts’ beloved castle in the preceding battle, and the heartbreaking loss of…
Eric Tamburino: Interview
By: Fellowship and Fairydust StaffWord Count: 1056Rating: GSummary: An interview with Eric Tamburino, author of "Where Man and Monster Meet: A New Collection of Fairytales." Tell us a little about yourself? My name is Eric…
The Pleasure of His Majesty: Kingship in the Works of the Inklings
An age of fable has ended. The world has gotten old; skepticism is our wisdom. We do not believe in the magic of pedigree, and we expect the son not to take up his…
No True Knight: A Critique of Chivalry in George R.R. Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire"
Exchanges between a most unlikely pairing are used, very effectively, by George R.R.Martin to declare a major theme of his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. After a feast at the Hand’s tourney,…
Imperiling Empowerment: An Analysis of “Let It Go” in Disney’s “Frozen”
Author's Note: This post contains spoilers. Go watch "Frozen" before you read it. Disney's film "Frozen" has received rave reviews, and the song “Let It Go” is one of…