BY SCORPIOAN “There! ‘Tis the gibbet! Look, since it is for what thou wisheth. I assure thee, it bringeth certain death.” Read more

BY ANNE MARIE GAZZOLO “Frodo, this is Samwise, youngest son of Hamfast Gamgee, who you may recall is my gardener.” Read more

BY RACHEL ATTERHOLT The forgotten girl with the bleeding heart watched as Marius touched her blood-soaked shirt, and as he cried, she smiled. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “What…what would you…have me do, my lord?” Her voice shakes like the wind beyond the window. “How should I…please you?” Read more

BY BETH FLYNN Log cabins, skyward plumes of silver smoke. Air so frigid, it steals your breath away. Banks of soft glistening white line the roads… Read more

BY PHILIP LOWE There are many studies of Tolkien’s characters in relation to Shakespearean counterparts, especially since the movies of the book came out. Read more

On the third day, He rises forever and He ascends, as He said He would… Read more

Fingers clenched about black iron; I grip tight the pain I would inflict. But with one gentle tap at the door… Read more

“There’s a shortage of lovely red curls such as yours, it would be such a waste to cut it.” Read more

“I mean, that I know our cousin well enough to guess that he feels responsible in some way and that he’ll probably… Read more

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BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO All in all, I think the take-away from all of this is that Christmas is the child’s holiday. Read more

BY LINDA “ILHAM” BARTO The virgin birth emphasized the value of women. The nativity story is just as much about Mary as it is about Jesus. Read more

All the trees and shrubs loved this attention, so they competed with each other to produce the juiciest and tastiest fruit for winter.  Read more

BY JEREMY SILVERNAIL “Oh no son, not a whiff or a puff of smoke, you see the Father has a Son, and they’re of the same yoke.” Read more

BY ELIZABETH ROPER You see the guitar, thrown down on the arm-chair? We have that guitar because my mum bought it for my son. Read more

BY LINDA “ILHAM” BARTO Later, when Tom was going out, I whispered for him to get the critter for a stocking-stuffer. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Our Blessed Lady is meek, but in a way that inherits the earth; a humility that is exalted, a simplicity that reigns. Read more

Haikus of: Frozen, Tangled, 101 Dalmations, Aladdin, Snow White, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella, and The Fox and the Hound. Read more

Those who did said that, when the stars came out, pale figures – slender and graceful – walked hallways and bridges that had… Read more