Author: Avellina Balestri
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 2: A Matter of Trust
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “When you don’t need me anymore…when you find someone who can be everything to you…I’ll go far away.” Read more
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Bound by a Seal: A Movie Review of “I Confess”
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI This movie is one of those vintage gems that leaves one speechless by the sheer impact of the story and artful depiction of the setting. Read more
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 15: Spavento Serenade
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… Riccio gasped for breath as soon as they got back out into the light, making Nico worried Read more
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Frodo & Samwise: A Lord of the Rings Poem
“Samwise Sweetest little friend that could ever be found Always planting little beauties into the ground Making sure his friends stayed safe and true While staying the way he was, through and through.” Read more
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The Night
I am in love with the Night. “Well, aren’t we all!” you might say. No, you don’t understand. I am in love with the Night. He is a person, you see. He is the one who creates the night. Read more
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Kenosis of the Secret Fire: An Adventure through Middle Earth into the Divine Imagination
BY DANNY OSCAR RUTILIO To achieve kenosis, Christians must be brought to a position of total surrender and total obedience to the Divine Will. Read more
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The Scarlet Pimpernel, the Original Superhero: Returning to the Stage in a Rip-Roaring New Adaptation
By Helen Bang, playwright Word Count: 945 Rating: G Summary: The 18th century swashbuckling dandy, inspiration for the Batman-Superman-Spiderman archetype, is set to make a rumbustious return to the stage in Scotland in an epic production directed by Bard in the Botanics’ Associate Director, Jennifer Dick. I wrote my first adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel when I Read more
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 4: The First Week
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. Snape got Harry and Teddy back Read more
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Prologue
BY E. KAISER WRITES “Blast the mountains and drain the lakes! Why can’t anybody do what they’re supposed to these days?” Read more
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Breath of Liberty
“You may not have served in a battlefield yet you were willing in the gap for us, and sacrificed in your own way.” Read more
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 1: An Exchange of Hands
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “It is the wise one who takes the knife, cuts the cord, and frees himself from the fools.” Read more
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The Privilege of Little Words and Mighty Swords: The Mystery of Love and Death in Mythology
BY BRADLEY J. BIRZER Love is not dead, and it is certainly not about death. Immensely far from it; for love conquers death. Read more
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Three Queens, One Quest: A Chronicles of Narnia Story
“Do you want to know what I think?” Aslan asked, his low voice rumbling. “I think you are a beautiful young lady.” Read more
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The Meeting of a Knight and a Dragon
She had named the dragon ‘Bilbo’ and would often fly away on him when she was cross with her aunt and uncle. And so it fell to the noble Knight James to once again summon her and bring her back to the castle. Read more
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial – Chapter 14: Scripo’s Secret
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… “Where is he? He’s never late,” muttered Riccio as the four waited outside Ida Spavento’s house, standing Read more
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A Dome of Gold Dust: A Catechism Tale
Many times the man said, “If I was in that garden, I’d never pick the fruit and disobey God.” And she said the same. They would sit at the fires in their rocking chairs, and talk about how silly their First Parents had been, and how they would outwit the serpent. “Oh no,” they thought.… Read more
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Dream Voyagers
BY DONNA FERGUSON DUDLEY ‘Neath star-shine and moon-glow’s touch, the Ship of Dreams sails on. Its destination, only by believers, is well known. Read more
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In Aeternum: The England That Never Changes
BY JOSEPH PEARCE We know that such an England can never die, because it exists as a beautiful flower in the Gardens of Eternity. Read more
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One Body, Many Parts: A Chronicles of Narnia Poem
“Aslan is the Head He teaches the rest Of the Body About Himself.” Read more
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 3: Revelations
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. Harry could tell that Pomfrey had Read more