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

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

“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

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

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

“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

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

“Hey, John, it’s good to see you. I’m just surprised I would be considered a linguist with the experts in your crew,” said Trevor, smiling. Read more

BY E. KAISER WRITES “I feel sorry for his wife and family,” Ilido said. “If he had one. But he should have listened to Andro, and been more careful.” Read more

“Apparition would be best, but Hogwarts has anti-apparition wards placed all through it. Likewise, a portkey would deliver us directly, but portkeys are hardly easy to manufacture.” Read more

“This dusk in spring, soft-scented, green, and still, With cumulous clouds rehearsing  for the summer, Silently flinging the westering sun about, And from the grass the early mosquitoes With tiny, unseen wings grudge wheeling birds Utility, charm, sometimes majesty.” Read more

BY MARTINA JURICKOVA It is not known when and how Grima got in touch with Saruman, but he certainly fell under the enchantment of his voice. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Love is death. A death to self…but the danger is that little by little, as your heart breaks apart, it may die,” Sauriel murmured. Read more

BY E. KAISER WRITES “Oh, they stay here until places are found for them elsewhere, in other parts of the country.” Read more

“Minerva has managed to get her head stuck in the past. She had James Potter and she expected Harry to be like James. When he turned out to be wildly different, she wasn’t ready for it and she’s having trouble adjusting to the actual reality of the situation.” Read more

“She’s a friend, and Havinof and I have been teaching her how to wield a Bat’leth. Strangely, it is one of the few weapons she doesn’t have good familiarity with. In return she’s been teaching me how to wield a Scottish claymore. Well, that and she even gives the captain a run for her money.… Read more

“A college girl – young woman, I should say – Befriends, and prays for, throngs of younger girls. A Tolkien fan for life, she’ll also stray To writing of the Wood between the Worlds” Read more

“To hear a choir of bluebirds sing Oh such a wondrous thing! They make every day such a happy time With their upbeat tunes, rhythm, and rhyme!” Read more

“Lord I prayed for death. In my darkest moments my breath felt heavy as if elephants had used my chest as a place of rest.” Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Sansa…you’ve injured yourself…badly. You reopened the wound from Torquil’s courtyard.” Read more