Author: Avellina Balestri
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La Cité des Cloches: How Kingdom Hearts Failed to Use The Hunchback of Notre Dame
BY DAVID GLENN In Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, the heroes Sora and Riku have to travel to a world based off of the Disney animated film. Read more
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Making the Bones Live: A Look at Claude Manceron’s Epic History of the French Revolution
BY KEVIN MICHAEL DERBY Manceron died in 1999 and the Age of the French Revolution was far from being complete when he finally had to give up on it. Read more
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Upcoming Issue: Disney
Submissions wanted! We’re looking for fanfiction, nonfiction, original fiction, poetry, & artwork from fantasy, sci-fi, and real life, past and present and future! Read more
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F&F Summer 2019: French Gothic
F&F Summer 2019: French Gothic – From Victor Hugo to history to the Hunchback of Notre Dame, we’ve got nonfiction, original fiction, fanfiction and much more! Read more
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The Battle for a Man’s Heart: Chapter 6
“No doubt, you’ve spent many sleepless nights trying to run from dark thoughts, but wouldn’t it be easier if you had someone—four someones—who you could call on when the nights are darkest?” Read more
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Sun, Sky & Moon Chronicles Chapter 2: Briefing
“What’s the mission, mother?” queried Khalid sarcastically, his twelve-year-old voice breaking. “I am not your mother in this room, Murid Khalid. I am the Woman in the Mountain. And you will respect protocol.” Read more
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The Sorceress Of Santarem
“Whatever happened to the sorceress? The narratives leave her story unresolved – Upon the Altar reposes the sacred Host Before the Altar kneel graced penitents…” Read more
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Water in the Wasteland: Unexpected Elements of Hope and Redemption in Television and Film
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI As a lover of stories, I often will comment that a certain twist seemed rather “hopeful” to me, even if most other people simply cannot see it. Read more
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Lost Time: Chapter 16
Joyce realizes that Gabriel is going back deep into the past, trying to build a bridge over her lost time , over the lost twenty years of her memory … trying to build a bridge from their past to their present. How many things he has to update her on and how many little precious… Read more
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Man in the Moon
“The Man in the Moon is smiling tonight His duty is his joy, to take his place Within the celestial liturgy…” Read more
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The Battle for a Man’s Heart: Chapter 5
“The Ape, the Ape!” her voice was frantic. “I saw him—just now—outside my window, in the trees—I have to get—” Read more
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Sun, Sky & Moon Chronicles Chapter 1: Loving Mother
“The super-human and enhanced kids like me are nice, even behind my back. They treat everyone else really bad, though. They’re mean, and daddy told me not to be friends with mean people.” Read more
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I Was Wrong and Nothing Cracked
“I was wrong and nothing cracked but every moment moves away from the sharpest watershed for you.” Read more
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Roots: Commonality of Folk Tales
BY NICK O’CONNOR Dr Tehrani found that the variants of the folk tale shared a common ancestor that dated back more than 3000 years. Read more
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Lost Time: Chapter 15
She looks at each one of them in turn and still not believing her eyes. In a way, they still look the same; yes, she sees grown-up adults but somehow she still sees the little children they used to be. She is looking at their faces and still seeing behind these faces the faces of… Read more
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Penguins and Oxford Blues
Poor sailors and poor students parse the past Between the paper covers of poor Penguins Poor crumbling pages and crumbling civilizations Held together with rubber bands and Scotch tape… Read more
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Battle for a Man’s Heart: Chapter 4
“Well, luckily for you, I’m not escorting you—I’m taking Gawain horseback riding. He’s with Lord Highland now, so I’m walking down there to catch him before he heads off somewhere.” Read more
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A Paean to Dabblers
Oh, yes, you should dabble amateurishly With sketchbook, pen, guitar, and crescent wrench With telescope and hiking boots and love With verse that scans and prose that strongly speaks… Read more
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Seeking Permanency in Perishable Things: An Analysis of The Epic of Gilgamesh
BY ANNA RAJAGOPAL The Epic of Gilgamesh is the story of a remarkable but oppressive ruler who is fated for distress. Read more
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Lost Time: Chapter 14
“They are good, good children and as we taught them since they were little to be open to God’s call for their life and be open to His will, two of them are considering the religious vocation while the other two are happily married with children of their own, the little one is still in… Read more