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

“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, 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

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

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

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

“From that day, there was great change in Hecate and in her dealings with men. She who had been sought for kindly help in matters of fertility, now was feared by all living things.” Read more

BY LAWRECNE S. HOWE & M.C. PEHRSON Dad was born in Chicago, so for him it was old home week. All his family was within a stone’s throw from where we were staying. Read more

BY GRANT HUDSON High-born boy has been taken and hidden by a wise old man, to be revealed as a figure of power and destiny at the right moment. Read more

“Spy two lads a-hawking past the pond; Even now there’s a strange respect For this foster-brother – a love beyond The call of duty…” 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. From Chapter 11 – “Actually,” Hermione Read more

By Ruth Asch Word Count: 4556 Rating: PG (Discussion of euthanasia) Summary: A fairy tale of freedom and life. If you happen to pass along a country road in a land far away, at that time when the blue of a day is sucked up into the unknown, leaving sky beneath blanched and luminescent, you Read more

“Word of your deeds, it spreads with your fame, Yet the sheriff, that knave’s put a price on your name.” Read more

By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 90 Rating: G Summary: A whimsical look at the bees. Go tell your secrets to the morning bees You’re safe with them; they’ll listen as they work The only buzz they spread is happiness And meadow-news to share with only you The bees – they always seem to understand They Read more

By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 111 Rating: G Summary: A poem about resisting Temptation That wicked liar offers us a poisoned cup In whose sheeny surface we see ourselves Reflected in his cold imaginings And not our own, in what we ought to be There is another Cup for us, not this one Just as Read more

BY TIMOTHY MATHER Where I saw my complete maleness, I saw in Emer the totality of Womanhood. Read more

BY BOOKOTAKU “Come sunrise, I’ll have to be the one to break the news to the friar about your totally avoidable demise.” Read more

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… August and September flew by rather quickly, and before they knew it, October was upon them. During Read more

BY RACHEL LIANNA When you stand in the silence, in what others would deem emptiness, remember that even places are themselves. Read more