BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Darkness comes to take us away,” the half-man had said as he lay on his deathbed, as she lay beside him. Read more

I wish I lived in a Hallmark movie My life would be so grand I’d have my Forever beside me Always holding my hand Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “They’re not all my enemies,” he muttered. “Just people, no better or worse than I.” Read more

BY LILA TULIP The superb acting choices continues with the casting of Puddleglum, the Marsh Wiggle, who accompanies them on their adventure. Read more

BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL How wonderful to sleep in a soft, warm bed beneath a roof against the blowing night of wind and rain rattling each window pane. Read more

BY E. KAISER WRITES “We hereby have charged this our subject to take it privily away and keep its location secret and to hold it in safekeeping.” Read more

““That’s why I asked you to be here,” Snape answered in a monotone voice. With a wave of his wand, he summoned a chair over and sat down. “Is he all right, at least?” Hermione’s voice trembled, but very bravely, she did not allow her tears to fall.” Read more

My sunshine is gone And yet there is light My friends are all stars Who shine through the night Read more

BY ELLEN EVERT HOPMAN The Picts are said to have made ale from heather, without the use of hops. Here is a recipe from Wilma Paterson of the Isle of Skye. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “My lord,” she chided him. “You’ll break your back over there. Will you never accept that you have a bed all your own?” Read more

BY OLIVIA FARNSWORTH Daisy glanced at me through the shed window and evacuated with greater haste. Read more

“Baring my soul Again and again, Writing wherever With some random pen, Hoping to shake My emotions in rhyme…” Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI When I went to the library one day and stumbled across Tales of Rowan Hood in the Young Adult Fiction section, my interest was piqued. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “It is as it should be. You are as I have been, and I am what you will be. The healer’s crystal is yours alone to carry now.” Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “I could never forget it. But I could choose. I could choose to end my part in the game. I could decide that I had had enough.” Read more

“Smiling at pistachios In a drawer forgot Remembering the lovely day They were just for me bought.” Read more

BY T.K. WILSON The Secret of Kells is a fictional account of the completion of the Book of Kells, one of the finest early illuminated Bibles in existence. Read more

BY E. KAISER WRITES “I am Ilido Enhousen, devoted subject of King Gregor, and I have more right to that gem than you, mountain dweller.” Read more

By LastCrazyHorn Word Count: 105891 Rating: PG-13 for brief language, violence, and depictions of abuse Summary: A disabled Harry comes to Hogwarts story. Everyone expects him to be like his dad, but how can he be with such a different past? A Slytherin Harry takes on Hogwarts in an unusual way. Harry was bored and frustrated and… Read more