BY BRADLEY J. BIRZER Tolkien was a faithful Catholic, meaning he did not see Christianity as a break with the pre-Christian world, but as a fulfillment of it. Read more

By LastCrazyHorn Word Count: 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. “What the hell are these?” Harry… Read more

BY J. WASHBURN Locke is an elfe who feels a deep longing for something—a strange, magical feeling that he can’t quite describe. Read more

“I would put your hand on my heart So you could feel your name Beating inside, And within the chamber Where you reside.” Read more

“Whenever Jack had a shoot in different parts of Germany, I always took the opportunity to take some pictures for it. But now, they’re all gone, and the editors need them by next week.” Read more

BY KASHIF QAIMI My partner, let us walk together a while. The stars will soon awaken to light our way along. Read more

BY GIOVANNI COSTABILE There are two subjects which Tolkien’s works are very careful never to touch: the first one is sex, and the other is the machine. Read more

BY DOMINIC DE SOUZA Good fairy tales are stories that illustrate healthy ideas and form healthy desires. Read more

BY TYRONICA SMITH I remember the first time I saw the “glow.” My young mind was convinced that everything around me was magic. Read more

“Twig,” said N’ka seriously, “you just accused me of talking about you behind your back while you were in the same room. Do you believe that I have no honor? Do you not know that I would give up my very life to save your own? And yet you would accuse me of such a… Read more

BY DOMINIC DE SOUZA A true story telescopes a life, like a photographer improving a photograph.  Read more

BY SUNBOW PENDRAGON “I have come from far away to test the swords of the Round Table. I find that ye are the biggest one of the puny lot of Camelot I have seen yet.” Read more

“It is you who are the moonlight… It is you who are the cool sea breeze… It is you who are the pearl…” Read more

“Is your father a noble?” asked Tom, looking into William’s face. “If he is, that explains it, for Robin was no friend of rich nobles who oppressed the poor.” Read more

“To live and to die. To work to create a home for our own and for others. To guide and to have all junior rights, magically and otherwise, at least until you reach your majority. To love and be loved.” Read more

“And you, Theo.” He turned to the control panel. “I think,” he began, punching in a few numbers, “That you said you were up for another adventure.” Read more

“Arthur sent you?” she asked incredulously. “So that he can choose one of you to lead the Warriors of Light? Then come, quickly! We have been waiting for you.” Read more

“The honor of the first significant Queros visit to the great Ubayime port of Reksi this winter belonged to the leviathan Azahul, whose sleek and celeritous vessel had far outpaced her lumbering war machine and arrived under diplomatic colours.” Read more

BY DOMINIC DE SOUZA Opening under the war-torn skies of WWII Britain, Joshua Douglas discovers a ring that transports his sister, Tess. Read more

“Though he could shoot one on top the other, The best target was my heart!” Read more