Elsie: An Original Fairy Tale
~ by Sarah Levesque When I was a child, my father was the man in charge of the stables of the king’s summer palace. He was a good man, and a good father, but my…
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As a Hobbit Dear: A Lord of the Rings Serial – Chapter 3: The Return
We walked in silence behind my brother and our friends, who were still chatting about oliphaunts and orcs and Nazgul. A shiver went down my spine at the mention of the last one, and I’m…
As A Hobbit Dear: A Lord of the Rings Serial – Chapter 2: The Healing of Hurts
I don’t know how long I slept or what happened during that time, but when I finally came to, I was in a lovely room and lying in a soft bed. The air here was…
When We Were Gone Astray: A Sense and Sensibility Story
Dedicated to the memory of Alan Rickman (1946-2016) Christmas Eve parties had always been enjoyable for Marianne Dashwood in past years. All the color, the excitement, and gay vitality of it all, the clever…
As a Hobbit Dear: A Lord of the Rings Serial – Chapter 1: The End of All Things
This was it, this was the end of the line, and we had finally made it. Why was he hesitating? “Frodo?” He turned, and our eyes locked. Something was wrong, very wrong. “I’m here,” he…
Broken Mirror: A Frozen Story
Their first meeting would be the perfect start of this fairytale. She was five and he was seven. It was her parents’ first diplomatic visit to the Southern Isles, and they were engaged in a…
Northernmost: The Tale of Santa’s Greatest Helper
Santa had a favorite helper who went around the globe with him every Christmas Eve. Her name was Irene. She was a very bright, cheerful little Elf who enjoyed her job, especially since she always…
The Case for Jo Laurence: An Analysis of the Relationships in “Little Women”
I have to confess that the last time I watched the 1994 version of Little Women, starring Winona Ryder, I felt very much like a three-year-old wanting to pitch a grand fit on the living…
Star-Crossed on the Moors: A Movie Review of “Lorna Doone”
Year: 2001 Filming: Color Length: 180 minutes Genre: Drama/History/Romance/War Maturity: PG (for intense thematic elements) Cast: Richard Coyle (John Ridd), Amelia Warner (Lorna Doone), Aiden Gillen (Carver Doone), Barbara Flynn (Sarah Ridd), Peter Vaughan (Sir…
Edith: A Stark Trek Story
~ by Aconitum-Napellus When he cleared out her room after the dreadful event he made some startling discoveries, for Edith Keeler, for all of her saintly activities in her outward life, was a kleptomaniac. She…