Author: Avellina Balestri
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 21: Dropped In
“Well, look at me, I look scary!” blurted Nico, nearly becoming frustrated at the fact that someone wasn’t scared of him. But, that was what he wanted, wasn’t it? Read more
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A Fireside Tale
BY VANESSA PARRY They say this was elvish land once. Hollin, it’s called on the maps but folks round here ain’t much into maps. Read more
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Maiden, Mother, Crone
BY TIMOTHY MATHER I am the ebb and flow of all nature, I am the lifeblood of all things. I am the first harvest of the land. Read more
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The Adventures of Robin Hood: Costumes & Commentary
It makes for a crazy anachronistic style, but hey, Robin Hood is a legend and doesn’t really belong to any one time period. Read more
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 10: Magic Making
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. By the time Harry came for… Read more
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Fall 2018: A Celtic Celebration
Fall 2018: A Celtic Celebration Whether you can trace your ancestry back to the Celts, if you love Celtic music, mythology or anything about Celtic culture – past or present – then we want to hear from you for our fall issue! Read more
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F&F Summer 2018: King Arthur & Robin Hood
F&F Summer 2018: King Arthur & Robin Hood – Over 100 pages of facts and fiction about England’s Greatest Legends! Read more
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 20: The Other Doctor
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… The woman introduced herself to them as River Song as she hurried them off to a place… Read more
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Garments of Red: A Story of the Christian Martyrs
“There are hundreds, thousands of zealots just waiting for someone to lead them into battle,” Juvid continued, throwing his arms out in frustration. “They’re hidden in the hills about Rome, lurking in caves like criminals, struggling to meet in secret. What has the Apostle told us to do? Nothing!” Read more
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And the Skies Look On: A Lord of the Rings Poem
White clouds, scudding swift, ‘cross a cobalt blue sky. He sits ‘neath an oak, book on knee. Dwarves, dragons and elves float before his minds eye. “Why does nothing strange happen to me?” Read more
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JRR Tolkien’s University Model: An Authentic Liberal Arts Movement
BY DANNY OSCAR RUTILIO The desire to renew the liberal arts can find a spirit of freshness and wild power in the enthusiasm of St. John Paul II in the “Letter to Artists.” Read more
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A Terrible Good
By Scott Sloan, January 13, 2016 Word Count: 210 Rating: G Summary: A thought-provoking poem of creation I saw eternity the other night, felt in the blood, and felt along the heart. When I hear the lay that once I saw her hand awake, Her form seems palpable, and near. And I music’s power obey.… Read more
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 9: Flying
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. Their defense class was a joke… Read more
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 5
BY E. KAISER WRITES “I am Fia Brithin, sir; my family and I arrived at the palace only this evening. We came from Scelane, my father is provost there.” Read more
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A Different Tale of Beauty: A Beauty and the Beast Story
BY DEIDRE LOCKYER Scooping his Beauty up, together they ran…into the Moon, into a future all their own… Read more
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Every Page is Open to the Sun
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL We cannot stand with Dostoyevsky as guards drag him chained before a firing squad. Read more
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 6: Lost Treasures
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “It’s for every lost treasure that we find, and every strain of light tying one to another,” she clarified, tucking the coin into the tree branch. Read more
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Why George R.R. Martin is Not the American Tolkien: A Comparison of Two Literary Giants and Their Fantasy Worlds
BY JOHN ADCOX Mr. Martin isn’t the American Tolkien. He’s the American Martin. That’s more than good enough. Read more
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 19: More than Meets the Eye
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… “Wait, first we find out that Lucy from the story is a real person brought to the… Read more
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Prophecy of Antillia
You will know the end of the slumber is near When the chosen people fight their way here; From the capital of Antillia they will come, And with them comes the Djinn and a new sun. Read more