Author: Avellina Balestri
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 27
BY M.C. PEHRSON “Spock…I must ask pardon for the way I spoke to you about your son. You were right to rebuke me. My faith was weak.” Read more
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The Magic Word: A Harry Potter Story
BY LUCY POTTER “You know me. James, Lily, were some of my best mates. I’d have never sold them out.” Read more
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Krampusnacht: The Nightmare Before Christmas
BY IAN T. WILSON Krampus lives in the forest; not unlike the trolls of Scandinavia, or the familiar Big Bad Wolf. Read more
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Your Downfall: A Harry Potter Poem
“Master of Death Now the bells toll.” Read more
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A Gondorian Christmas: A Lord of the Rings Story
BY BRADLEY WHITECLIFFE Denethor gave a bright smile. “I see you are ready to open your presents. I suppose you can start now.” Read more
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Christmas in Cokeworth: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 2: Sing of the Wild Wood
“FACTORY GLASS.” His words were hard, forced, intensely clear. And Harry saw a trickle of blood down his lip. “Packed in snowballs…it’s a tradition around here, you see. Quite an old one.” Read more
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The Case for Jo Laurence: An Analysis of the Relationships in “Little Women”
BY MARY-FAUSTINA I have personally come to the irrevocable conclusion that Jo Bhaer should have been Jo Laurence. Read more
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Star-Crossed on the Moors: A Movie Review of “Lorna Doone”
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI In essence, no one in Lorna Doone is portrayed as being completely evil. It is a movie extolling the goodness within every person. Read more
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Sacred Chalice, Blooming Staff: The Legend of the Glastonbury Thorn
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Joseph of Arimathea,” the heavenly visitor addressed him, “cross thou over to Britain and preach the glad tidings.” Read more
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Once Upon a Dream: A Magical Disney Movie Montage
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Perhaps, in some subtle way, these “childhood epics” truly defined who we would grow up to be. They have a very real magic about them. Read more
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 26
BY M.C. PEHRSON “Simon and T’Prinka are in the care of Yanash. He holds all power over life and death.” Read more
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People of the Past Pod-casts, with Hope Rachael
By Keturah Lamb Word Count: 987 Rating: G Summary: A podcast from the future with a man from the past. People of the Past Pod-casts, with Hope Rachael Learn about my father’s and my work as we interview people of the past. Date: August 28, 2020 Subject: Private Zechariah Adams. Pod-cast: TTTD #34 “What Have Read more
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Edith: A Stark Trek Story
“The overriding sense from Edith’s diaries was that it was not fair. Not fair that the wealthy lived in their ivory towers while the poor suffered and died.” Read more
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Love is Like a Folded Letter: A Star Trek Story
By Aconitum-Napellus Word Count: 2284 Rating: PG Summary: A romance about Spock and Christine Chapel. It’s a soft thing, this love, like a letter that’s been read a hundred times. It’s funny how you can love someone for so many years without change. A thousand years, it seems. To the end of time, and since before Read more
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Christmas in Cokeworth: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 1: Pretty Little Snowflake
“I know you hate being here almost as much as I hate having you, but all the same…I’ve discovered that I don’t hate you. Not in the strict definition of the word at least.” Read more
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Her Fantasy: A Review of the Movie “Austenland”
BY HANNAH VINCENT From a young age, Jane Hayes has been completely absorbed and fascinated by all things Austen. Read more
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Advent Sacrifice
BY SHANNON LISE JOHNSON All the little houses hold a memory of some celestial babyhood that lingers awkwardly. Read more
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 25
BY M.C. PEHRSON “A priest effects a change to Living Water through the words and the power of Yanash. But we are not priests.” Read more
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The Industrial Life
“Clanging, clanging evermore The assembly line is right on time As children scurry through the fog Of cotton fibers in the air.” Read more
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A Light to the World: The Call Heard and Answered
BY ANNE MARIE GAZZOLO Aragorn’s final words to Arwen convey tremendous hope, especially profound for the pre-Christian time in which he speaks them. Read more