Super Villain Sundays: Darkseid
SuperVillain Sundays: Darkseid By Ian T. Wilson Rating: PG Word Count: 320 Summary: A brief biography of one of DC Comics’ most iconic villains. Good morning, good people of the internet. I’m Ian Wilson, and…
Tag: Fantasy
Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 7: A Respectable Courtship
Sansa and Tyrion went on more than a few adventures into the woods that spring, sometimes on their own, and sometimes with Arya the puppy, who would bark at every bird and squirrel,…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 6
Her preoccupied mind had been too busy to notice the footsteps when they first sounded, but now she realized they were right outside the door. She gulped hastily and prepared to face the music. The…
A Fireside Tale
They say this was elvish land once. Hollin, it's called on the maps but folks round here ain't much into maps . . . too busy scratching life out o' this cursed thin land. Course,…
And the Skies Look On: A Lord of the Rings Poem
by Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 174 Rating: G Summary: A poem from Middle Earth White clouds, scudding swift, 'cross a cobalt blue sky. He sits 'neath an oak, book on knee. Dwarves, dragons…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 5
After a goodly time had passed the man in the scarf quietly detached himself from the shadow of the fence and glided inside the vineyard again as well. He had waited long enough that the…
Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 6: Lost Treasures
Even the longest winter eventually melts into spring. So it was in Davneros some four months later, when the icicles started to drip and little streams rushed along the streets that had previously…
Why George R.R. Martin is Not the American Tolkien: A Comparison of Two Literary Giants and Their Fantasy Worlds
First, I am really enjoying HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones. I was enjoying the books immensely until I realized I was forgetting so much between volumes that it just made…
Prophecy of Antillia
By Amanda Pizzolatto Word Count: 228 Rating: G Summary: A poetic prophecy about the Isle of the Seven Cities You will know the end of the slumber is near When the chosen people fight their…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 4
As soon as the door closed behind them a general chatter arose, each exclaiming over whatever they had seen that had impressed them most. "I thought the princess looked very..." Estha paused thoughtfully. "Very much…