Author: Avellina Balestri

  • Christopher Robin: A Movie Review

    BY KATIE HANNA I’m not saying there weren’t many laugh-out-loud moments; but overall?  This is a story that cuts deep. Real deep. Read more

  • Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 20: Sword Eyes

    BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “She should be learning to embroider, not fence,” Sansa exhaled. “And she really shouldn’t be dressing in breeches.” Read more

  • Under the Shadow-Tree

    “I went away, a young and foolish lad Imagining I would go home someday.” Read more

  • Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 27: A New Name

    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. They headed up to the infirmary… Read more

  • Secret People: A Reflection on Celtic Spirituality

    BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The Ancient Celts were a highly mystical people, with great emphasis placed upon fate and the fitness of things. Read more

  • After Clara’s Death: A Doctor Who Poem

    BY ANNA ELIZABETH Why didn’t the Man In Charge save us? Instead, he is persecuting the world for the loss of his last friend. Read more

  • Ascendance!

    The Faery folk of Ireland, fly, teased forth, by watching Old Moon’s beams, to rise! With gleeful hearts, and spirits, soaring, they make their forays, to the waiting skies! Read more

  • Hill of Tara, Teamhair na Rí

    BY TIMOTHY MATHER I started as the seat of the Tuatha DeDannan. Nuada gave me to Lugh of the long arm, master of all tasks, slayer of Balor. Read more

  • Finding the True King: A Crossover Story

    “We did not know the Black Cauldron was here,” stated Gwydion matter-of-factly. ”But now that we do, or, at least, I do, we must act quickly. The five of you must get out there now. Take down as many guards as you can, give Taran a clear path to the sword.” Read more

  • The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 16

    BY E. KAISER WRITES “The one thing that the scoundrels didn’t get, that’ll do the trick all by itself, is the Sunlight Stone.” Read more

  • Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 26: I Want Him Dead!

    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. “You take Harry, I’ll take on… Read more

  • Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 19: The Passage of Time

    BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “She’s very smart. Frighteningly so, sometimes. Have you not noticed her sometimes, imitating the stories you tell her?” Read more

  • Life of Lives

    BY HANNAH VINCENT I imagine myself running through a limitless and lush forest, birdsong following me with every step I take. Read more

  • Frightfully Fun: An Assortment of Classic Halloween Movies

    BY EMERALD Costume and candy commercials are dancing across our TV screens once again, so that must mean Halloween isn’t too far behind. Read more

  • Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 18: The Birthing

    BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “She…she seems to like…my finger,” he muttered, chuckling awkwardly. “Maybe…in time, she’ll…like…like me too…” Read more

  • Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 25: Child of Fire

    “Your father, unlike Black, did manage to mature somewhat by the end of his Hogwarts’ career. I wouldn’t go so far as to say he was kind toward me or any others he found to be lacking, but he no longer treated me as something to be cleaned off the bottom of his shoe.” Read more

  • The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 15

    E. KAISER WRITES “Andro and Reliera had been married for two months. He had gone in to buy gems from the mines of Gemtown, and he was going to be back that evening.” Read more

  • A Chalice Well Meditation

    BY BENJAMIN BAUM You find yourself in a field in Somerset, England. Around you are short but plentiful apple trees. Read more

  • Seven Wild Sisters: Celtic Faeries on American Soil

    “Don’t ask Lily Kindred if there are faeries living in her hills. She knows there are. When a young woman called Sarah-Jane Dillard comes to her farm to find out about the mysterious spinster, Lily takes her under her wing. She teaches Sarah about the faeries.” Read more

  • A Gift of Thistle: A Braveheart Reflection

    BY AVELLINA BALESTRI My gift of thistle, the harsh beauty ripped from the heart of our land. Stand with me now as this heart is ripped from me. Read more