The Toy Store
By Hannah Skipper The big Teddy Bear sat on the top shelf like a king. His caramel brown fur was fluffed to perfection and a splendid red bow was tied around his neck. Everything was dark…
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A Christmas Carol (1984) Movie Review
By Nathan Stone Movies have had a parasitic relationship to literature from practically the film medium’s beginning. George Méliès took A Trip to the Moon with Jules Verne in 1902. Edison created a Frankenstein in…
St. Nicholas’s Night
The original Santa Claus Was a man who lived in Turkey A very long time ago, ‘tis true A jolly, dear old Bishop Who took his duties seriously And a smile when times were blue…
Prepare for the King
By Amanda Pizzolatto It began with a prophecy uttered long ago Bringing hope to a people that fell from grace That the Son of God would come to Earth And not only show us…
Alan Moore’s Utopia, Dystopia, and Apocalypse Part 4
Click here to read the previous installment. An Apocalypse of Cockatoos: From Hell From Hell feels in many ways like a departure from Alan Moore’s prior work. It isn’t a superhero story like Miracleman, Captain…
The Power of Prayer for the Living and the Dead
A lot can be said about the Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy. For those who aren’t familiar with the list, they are as follows: instructing the ignorant, counselling the doubtful, admonishing the sinners, bearing wrongs…
The Ekron Initiative: Thanks and Reflections
Click here to read the previous section of the Ekron Initiative. When the first installment of The Ekron Initiative appeared, I was unsure what kind of responses I would get. One friend liked it. Another friend…
Alan Moore’s Utopia, Dystopia, and Apocalypse Part 3
Click here to read the previous installment. … And I’m Going to Bring the House Down: Dystopia in V for Vendetta Thus far, this series has suggested that many of Alan Moore’s great comic book…
The Ekron Initiative: Conclusion
The final issue of a web serial perhaps inspired by The Screwtape Letters. Read the previous installment here. NO STUDENT SWIMMING. I leaned down from the lifeguard seat and read the sign. The college’s pond…
Reynard the Fox: A Poetic Prose Cycle
Italicized parts from James Simpson’s modernization of Caxton’s Medieval English translation of Reynard the Fox. Inspired by the modernist style of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, this is a free verse meditation on the childhood,…