Author: Avellina Balestri

  • The Problem of Edmund: A Discussion of Justice, Mercy, and Forgiveness

    BY SARAH LEVESQUE Despite all of this, after this scene, not one of his siblings speaks out against Edmund – not to his face, or behind his back. Read more

  • Family Life: A Memoir from 1920’s America

    BY LAWRENCE S. HOWE & M.C. PEHRSON The time came for him to make a decision between filling the barn with a horse or a car. He decided for the car. Read more

  • My Guardian Angel: A Harry Potter Story

    “Watching your family tonight,” I said through my tears, “I kept seeing how things could have been if Sirius were still alive. What we would have talked about, joked about, what we would have done together. I had it in my hand. It was right in my hand and I LOST IT!” Read more

  • The High King Will Return: A Chronicles of Narnia Poem

    “No matter the cost- No matter the wait- We’ll endure in the woods And we’ll sing our magnificent King.” Read more

  • Burnt: Chapter 1 – A Surprising Sorting

    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. “POTTER, HARRY.” A pause, and then Read more

  • Honeybee: Chapter 1

    BY M.C. PEHRSON “How’s my Honeybee?” he asked, sniffing the open pot. “And what’s this marvelous aroma?” Read more

  • Screwtape Talks about “The DaVinci Code”

    “We have discussed external attacks that will come upon your patient. Now let us discuss the internal. Is your patient more likely to read too much into what he sees, or too little?” Read more

  • Aliens: Science Fiction or Reality?

    BY JONATHAN PLATT Are we alone in the heavens? Is there life, including intelligent life, elsewhere in the universe? Read more

  • Memories

    By M.C. Pehrson Word Count: 100 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A poem about early childhood. I wonder… Where do memories go? Countless days infused with life, Then lost among the mists of strife; Familiar sights, beloved faces, Childhood tears and happy places – Where do they go? To One all-worthy of our Read more

  • The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved: Chapter 4

    BY ELLEN VIRGINIA Gripping Mary’s hand, I dragged her through the crowd, muscling out a path, until we broke out onto the side of the road. Read more

  • But Wait There’s More

    Another hill to climb another mile to go but wait there’s more Read more

  • Judge a Book by Its Cover

    BY HANNAH VINCENT “I’m a woman who is focused on her career who happens to be single and with no interest in a relationship.” Read more

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation: 30 Years Later – Part 1

    “In television, along with the writers, the most important ingredient to a successful show are the actors. The writers create the characters on paper, but the actors then must turn them into flesh and blood humans (or aliens!). In the case of Star Trek: The Next Generation, much of its success would depend on the… Read more

  • Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 11: Church Meeting

    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… There was silence after the gasps uttered by everyone else while Nico and Scipio continued to lock Read more

  • The Magic of Numenor: The Connection between Tolkien’s Middle-Earth and Lewis’s Space Trilogy

    BY IAN T. WILSON You may not be completely aware of the significant influence they had on each other’s work. Read more

  • A Bibliophile’s Guide to Becoming a Librarian

    BY KAT CLEMENTS I’ve always considered myself a writer first and a librarian second. Still, a library is probably the best day job that a writer could have. Read more

  • Lamppost: A Chronicles of Narnia Poem

    “Light visible leagues away; confounding strangers for it never expires or fades.” Read more

  • Breakdance

    The MC kindly applauded the latest competitor, who had been mediocre at best…. He looked down at a piece of paper in his hand, then spoke into his mic, “Please give a hand to our next contestant, Michelle Peterson… ‘Shelly P.’!” Read more

  • Unraveled: The Imperfections of H.G. Wells’ Future

    BY RACHAEL MAUGHAN When the Time Traveler first laid eyes on this future world, he had no inkling of the darkness that lay beneath it. Read more

  • This Too Shall Pass: A Crossover Story

    “So Oyarsa wants me to remind you that all hnau have their moment of temptation, where they are placed against the one limit the Maker has set for them.” Read more