Fellowship & Fairydust

Anthony Marchetta author of Son of Orkney

October 14, 2026 • 2 Comments

Fantasy Author Interview: Anthony Marchetta

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY G. CONNOR SALTER GCS: Tell us a little bit about yourself. I have been writing seriously—meaning with the goal of...

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Interviews

September 30, 2026

Historical Fiction Author Interview: Jessika Caruso

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am a proud New Jerseyan, born and raised. I will forever be...

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Interviews

June 15, 2026

Over Half a Million Words on C.S. Lewis: Interview with Brenton Dickieson

BY G. CONNOR SALTER Brenton Dickieson (PhD, University of Chester, 2020) is a noted scholar of C.S. Lewis and L.M. Montgomery. His work on...

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Interviews

May 20, 2026

Inklings Scholar Interview: David Bratman

BY G. CONNOR SALTER “Inklings Scholar Interview: David Bratman” David Bratman is a retired academic librarian who has worked at many...

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Interviews

May 13, 2026

C.S. Lewis and the Socratic Club: Interview with Jim Stockton

Jim Stockton is an emeritus lecturer in philosophy at Boise State University who has published multiple papers times on the history of...

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Poetry

October 5, 2026

Twin Flame

BY TIMOTHER MATHER You are my twin, Soul. You have brought happiness and joy into my life. With every passing day, my love for you grows stronger, and with you by my side, our bond becomes unbreakable, a love that transcends time and space, connecting us in this infinite dance of hearts. You complete me …...

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Poetry

September 24, 2026

A Special Bond

BY SISTER AGATHA YEN PHAM Cradling a smooth, cool marble in my hand, I stride along white sand, vast and trembling beneath the sun. Before me, a beach stretches endless, Teal waters roaring, glinting like shards of heaven. The sun pours fire upon the ocean, Illuminating every wave, Every shimmer a pulse of God’s presence. …...

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Poetry

September 17, 2026

His Name is John

LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL We plan our lives, we think our thoughts We name the days, we name the child We count the oughts, dismiss the naughts We seek for peace, we fear the wild We dare presume to sort our days As if we were Creators too To look upon our works and praise That …...

October 28, 2026

“Don’t Fly, You Fools!”

BY JEB SMITH Jeb Smith returns to the subject of his article with Lloyd R. Hedberg, “Getting A...

October 22, 2026

The Pathfinder Force (No. 8 Group)

BY ALASTAIR JOHN REDMAN The deployment of heavy bombers during the Second World War remains one of...

October 19, 2026

Book Review: Nightmare Alley Graphic Novel by Spain Rodriguez

BY G. CONNOR SALTER Nightmare Alley. Adapted by Spain Rodriguez from the novel by William Lindsay...

October 7, 2026

The Violent Bear It Away: What Flannery O’Connor Might Say to Today’s Catholics

She’d call us out, not cozy up—and drag us kicking and screaming toward the Cross....

September 21, 2026 • One Comment

Getting A Grip on Tolkien, Or: Fly? You Fools!

BY JEB SMITH AND LLOYD R. HEDBERG J.R.R. Tolkien’s fandom asks countless questions about...

September 14, 2026

Notes from the Rolling English Road: Westerham and “Brave Wolfe”

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, all that beauty, all that wealth...

September 7, 2026

The Power of Stories as Glimpsed in Sir Biscuit Butterworth

BY JOHN TUTTLE There is something inseparable from our human nature that gives rise to sharing...

September 2, 2026

The Life of David Stirling

BY ALASTAIR JOHN REDMAN Introduction David Stirling was born into a world of tradition, privilege,...

August 24, 2026

Movie Review: The Original Matrix Trilogy

BY MARTINA JURI?KOVÁ WITH OSCAR GLENTORN Introduction Since The Matrix became, we can say,...

October 29, 2026

Where Rivers Talk

BY HOLLY MALEY Crazy Old Xenia was at it again, pushing that rusted old wheelbarrow down the...

October 26, 2026

The Girl from 3014

BY RICHARD TUCKER Zelena stood at the island in her apartment’s small kitchen tossing...

October 12, 2026

Creatures of the Night

BY E.H. MUNRO March 31st and April 1st 1800 Judge Lansing looked up into the gloom of the...

September 28, 2026

Shadows of Liberty

BY MICHAEL K. WOOD Editor’s Note on the Washington Journal The publication of the following...

August 17, 2026

Burning Crosses

BY CLAY RAMSEY Camp of the 2nd Spartan Regiment, or the Fair Forest Regiment, somewhere in Union...

July 29, 2026

The Smoke of a Future Fraught

BY R.C. MULHARE “Though he shall escape the waters’ flood, yet shall he find a thousand...

July 20, 2026

Father of Dust

BY JANNAH M I sigh as Hussain proceeds to drag the child’s body away. Men, elders, and even...

July 8, 2026

Never Enough

BY LEAH FISHER Fredrick Conley of the House of Constantine walked down the aisle of the church to...

July 3, 2026

Wolf Bite by Candlelight

In the summer of 1776, a clumsy British soldier who prefers his predictable life finds something...

June 8, 2026

Bang the Drum

BY ANDY DIBBLE Content warning: torture When the messenger told me his king was about to be a...

May 18, 2026

What Grows Remains

BY MICHAEL ANTHONY RE Mr. Edmund Ashcombe had learned the precise hour the garden would tolerate...

April 27, 2026

The Peruvian Candidate

BY G CONNOR SALTER The Manchodo. International Waters. One Week Before the Meeting. The Agent was...

April 25, 2026

Deus Vult

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Tom found himself in the manor chapel as the morning sky brightened from gray...

April 10, 2026

The Sounds of Dust and Light

BY MICHAEL ANTHONY RE It was 1935, the autumn light long and hesitant. People passed on the street...

March 14, 2026

The Ghoul and the Grandson: An Entirely True Medieval Fable with Commentary

BY G. CONNOR SALTER The following document was found in 1972 by Blaparusian-born British scholar...

March 2, 2026

A New Moon: A Phantom of the Opera Story

BY STEPHANIE PIRO “I, too have been called a monster, and like you, my own mother wished I had...

January 15, 2026

Blood on the Snow

BY LYNNE BASHAM TAGAWA Boston. December 1770. A clod of manure flew through the air and impacted...

January 6, 2026

A Gift Worth Repeating

BY LEAH FISHER Monday, 7 Tevet, 5694 Maximus Rieger arrived in Inglegrad to spend his winter...

January 4, 2026

The Joy of the Lion is My Strength: A Christmas Story from the World of The Silver Chair

BY HANNAH SKIPPER It was the kind of Christmas morning that could make a proper Marshwiggle sit up...