The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Prologue
Dedication To us, the dreamers. Our castles in the clouds are a good thing; that is where castles should be. Now all we have to do is put foundations between them and the ground. So,…
Tag: Fantasy
Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 1: An Exchange of Hands
One Month Later, in the Port of Caffe, Republic of Davneros It was beautiful and shiny and red. It was sitting snugly on the top of a barrel full of apples in the market,…
The Meeting of a Knight and a Dragon
By Rachel Blasco Rating: G Word Count: 3866 Summary: An unlikely friendship forms between a knight, a princess and her dragon Despite being a small country, Lor had more than its share of what the…
Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Prologue: The Escape
The night was dark and full of terrors. It had grown darker yet at the Purple Wedding, when Joffrey, the mad boy king, had finally met the end everyone knew he deserved, gulping down…
The Problem of Edmund: A Discussion of Justice, Mercy, and Forgiveness
“What’s done is done. There is no need to speak to Edmund about what is passed,” Aslan says, and walks away. “Hullo,” Edmund says awkwardly to his siblings. Lucy gives him a big smile and…
The Magic of Numenor: The Connection between Tolkien’s Middle-Earth and Lewis’s Space Trilogy
Most of you probably know about the lengthy friendship of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. You may know that they were in a writer’s group known as the Inklings. You may even know that Tolkien…
Swan and Dragon
Swan and dragon Water and flame Grace and fierceness Fair yet untamed Wings like the snow Breath like the sun Blessing and curse Welded in one Bird-like voice And swan-like lyre Lizard’s eyes And darts…
Women and Other Worlds: The Feminine Mystique Comes to Fantasy
‘My subject, then, is things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else: things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all.…
New Beginnings: A Harry Potter Story
“To old friends!” The deep voice boomed out, echoing round the stone walls, and for a moment, Ginny Weasley Potter almost felt she was back at Hogwarts. She caught her new husband’s eye across the…