Author: Avellina Balestri

  • The Witch’s Cauldron: A Crossover Story

    “Toothless! Good job buddy!” Toothless gave a happy gurgle before freeing Hiccup and moving on to Merida. “Alright, I think I have a plan, MacIntosh, you and Merida find a way out of here.” Read more

  • Birthright Reclaimed: A King Arthur Poem

    “Who’d pull that magic sword, ‘Excalibur’, from resting place Was right wise King of England born, and title ‘King’ would grace!” Read more

  • The Voyages of the Asimov: A Star Trek Fan Saga- Chapter 1

    By Ariel Klay and the Members of the Starship Asimov Fan Club Word Count: Story in Progress, to be determined. Rating: PG-13 (minor blood and sensual content) Summary: The Adventures of the Crew of Starfleet Science vessel USS Asimov.    Captain’s Log: Stardate 8890876.1, we have arrived at Starbase 506 to take on supplies as… Read more

  • First Rain Clouds

    concentrated only on making the world perfect and habitable, as the Great One had told them to do while He gathered the peoples. But then, they came across an unexpected problem. Water provided fresh streams, lakes, and ponds for the peoples to drink from, but how was he going to keep them filled, especially when… Read more

  • Birth of a Legend: The Creation of “The Legend of the Sword Bearer”

    When I began the writing process for my webcomic Legend of the Sword Bearer I didn’t expect it to take over my life the way it did. I didn’t even expect it to be the first thing I published online. I think it must’ve started when I was in my mid-teens. I had been mesmerized… Read more

  • A Tale of Sir Guy: A Robin Hood Story

    BY LILA TULIP “Do you truly believe that the first King of these lands gained the privilege through a message from Heaven? No.” Read more

  • Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 14: Magical Exhaustion

    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. Severus hated staff meetings. As far… Read more

  • The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 8

    BY E. KAISER WRITES “It’s always hardest at first,” she said, then bent over to hug the brown head. “It’s okay to cry.” Read more

  • Magic, Brotherhood and Destiny: A Review of BBC’s “Merlin”

    BY HANNAH VINCENT Merlin learns through trial and error how not to use magic and when it’s appropriate to exercise his power. Read more

  • Light Reflecting Light: A Lord of the Rings Story

    BY HEART OF THE ARTSARI It was as if she had been given access to the open window of his heart, and something had been reflected between them. Read more

  • Idle Dreams

    BY SHANNON LISE JOHNSON “It was a dream worth fighting for, and by the God of dreams and war, it was the dream of my sole desire.” Read more

  • Untamed: A Robin Hood Poem

    “I’ll smile and wave, speak genteel, polite, And ‘scape out the window and run in the night.” Read more

  • Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 24: Getting Back

    By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 31845 Rating: PG for scary situations Summary: Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, is used to being alone, until one day a girl with auburn hair waltzes into his life… Something soft brushed Nico cheek, pulling him out of one of the most comfortable and, later he… Read more

  • Departure

    If we will not ride in the thundering spray, Like dolphins, daring to dive in and play, If we never risk being carried away, We will drown in the puddles and slowly decay. Read more

  • The New Merry Men: A Robin Hood Story

    “Shall I sing of the great conquests of the mighty Gianni over the chess pieces of the less-mighty Thoy?” Read more

  • Provide Yourself with Words

    Provide yourself with words, with magic words, And like Old Väinämöinen 2 sing them Into the air, the wild, clean air, those words Sing all that’s Good and Beautiful and True Read more

  • Cacophony: Maleagant

    “We cannot feel him,” says Gawaine. “The dead things no longer speak to us.” Read more

  • Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 13: Quidditch

    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. He had run up to the… Read more

  • The Jeweler’s Apprentice-Chapter 7

    BY E. KAISER WRITES “The maid Fia is to meet a certain party here, ma’am. Beggin’ your pardon, but who might you be?” Read more

  • Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 23: Too Many Hugs

    By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 31845 Rating: PG for scary situations Summary: Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, is used to being alone, until one day a girl with auburn hair waltzes into his life… Nico had closed his eyes, his body, his whole being bracing for the crushing weight of the… Read more