Winter Warrior: A Tale of Saint Nicholas
Snow fell unseen in the moonless night air, each flake making its journey without notice or proclamation. Nick liked the snow on nights like this. It went about its business anonymously, as he did…
Tag: Advent & Christmas
In Defense of Santa Claus: A New Understanding of a Timeless Tale
I was a firm believer in Santa Claus until I turned eleven years old. After all, it was always the villains or grumps who doubted the Christmas magic, never the characters I admired and wanted…
Gloria: A Hunger Games Story
Christmas. It’s an old word from an old world. Oh sure, some people still celebrate smatterings of it in Panem, but it’s not as if they remember much of the story that started…
Under the Southern Lights: A Chronicles of Narnia Story
Standing on a second story balcony overlooking the outer walls of Tashbaan, Susan stared up into the night sky with tear-dampened cheeks, watching the haunting but beautiful red auroras roll across the hot dry desert…
The Tree That Fell
By Joshua David Ling Word Count: 689 Rating: G Summary: The Legend of St. Boniface in rhyme. Nature groaned like Paul foretold, Winter was everlasting. Dead men drunkenly stumbled in the dark, And in Hesse,…
Light, Love and Laughter: A Lord of the Rings Story
By Vanessa Parry Word Count: 2421 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: Frodo and Bilbo celebrate Yule in Bag-End Sam stood on tiptoe to ring the bell hanging beside Bag End’s round green door.…
The Gifts of the Wise Men: An Epiphany Reflection
More than gold, frankincense, and myrrh, the greatest gift the wise men offered the babe Jesus was their worship. In the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, it can be so easy to get…
Silent Night: A Short Story in the Supervillain of the Day Series
By Katie Lynn Daniels Word Count: 3989 Rating: PG for some thematic elements Summary: A retired hero deals with the demons of his past. Silent night! Holy night! All is calm; all is bright. Round thy…
Shake On It: Christmas – A Harry Potter Story
A winter and a summer had come and gone since Snape moved in with Harry. While they both realized by now they would never have a regular father-son relationship, overall Harry thought things could have…
A Spaceman’s First Christmas
~ by Hannah Skipper Marvin Martian sped through the galaxies in his spaceship, Flying Saucer X-2, as he thought about his mission to rule every universe. As he drove around planets, dodged comets, meteors, and…