Author: Avellina Balestri

  • Always Belonged To You: A Pirates of the CaribbeanStory

    By Rachel Atterholt Word Count: 2158 Rating: PG Summary: Will and Elizabeth Turner are only allowed to meet every ten years. Can their love survive? What is it like to love someone? To give something away that you’ve hidden deep inside you so it wouldn’t be broken again? Is loving someone like taking a leap… Read more

  • The Bride of Frankenstein: A Halloween Classic or a Campy Freak Show?

    BY ISABELLA SUMMITT Everything about this movie is halved—in my opinion, most of the good juicy horror moments and the acting. Read more

  • The Early Proposal: A Noble Masquerade Story

    By Emily Kopf Word Count: 1738 Rating: PG Summary: A fan-fiction based on A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter. Author’s Note: This is a fanfiction based on the novel A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter. It is a historical, Christian romance set in the early 1800s. In a complicated and humorous plot, the two… Read more

  • Two Viewpoints

    BY CATHERINE STEWART My heart dropped as my fears were confirmed I was pregnant; for this I had not yearned. Where do I go? To whom can I turn? Read more

  • Prodigal: A Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Story

    BY AVELLINA BALESTRI I am a dentist. My craft is the cleansing of teeth, the bones that rim our mouths from which are words are given life. Read more

  • Thinning Veil

    By Cheryl Anne, Originally published Oct 25 2016 Word Count: 148 Rating: G Summary: A poem for All Saints Day At this time of the Thinning Veil, may we remember All Saints and All Souls who have ventured before us into the Otherworld, which at all times lies just a breath beyond us. At this… Read more

  • The Headmaster Returns for Halloween: A Harry Potter Story

    “Oh, Harry, you’re… wow. Wow. Have you been practicing your human transfiguration? How did you get the wrinkles? Oh, and the eyes, they’re the exact shade of blue, I swear. And those robes! Where on earth did you get something that… uh… unique?” Read more

  • Eat of the Heart: A Harry Potter Story

    BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “The worthy are the unworthy, and the unworthy made worthy by a word. Drink the wine, and the blood, and the word.” Read more

  • The True Meaning of Halloween

    BY CHRISTOPHER WOODS According to the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, the following day, November 1st, is the Feast of All Saints. Read more

  • A Penny for Your Thoughts: An American Girl Story

    “I think it’s time you heard the story of Penny, how your mother saved him from the cruel clutches of one Jigy Nye, how her grandfather found that horse years later and gave her back to your mother. That is one very special horse.” Read more

  • The Lies We Tell: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 4: What Will the Future Hold?

    By Jessica Beaubien (alias Niaf) Word Count: 27542 Rating: PG for moments of peril Summary: The alternate account of the Chamber of Secrets seen through Snape’s eyes. Severus sighed heavily. Change. That was not something he wanted to think about. Change meant complication. Complications that would impact too many aspects of his life and this bloody… Read more

  • Uranus, Emperor of All Planets, Greets Us from Pisces

    BY LARAMIE HIRSCH For the longest time, people thought that you could only see five planets in the sky.   Read more

  • Walk With Me

    “I am the gentle touch upon your hair, I am the comfort and companionship when no one else is there.” Read more

  • Jane Austen and Me: A Reader’s Sojourn in the World of Classic Regency Romance

    BY SARAH LEVESQUE Pride and Prejudice was the first period drama novel I had ever read. It was on the summer reading list for my high school. Read more

  • Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 21

    BY M.C. PEHRSON “I…heard that Yanash brought my brother back from the dead. You haven’t said anything to me about it. Is it true?” Read more

  • A Confession: A Scarlet Pimpernel Story

    By Lady Blakh Word Count: 992 Rating: PG Summary: The Scarlet Pimpernel writes a letter. Dear friend! I hope that this letter finds you well. When it comes to myself, it seems to me that I am in heaven, and at the same time in hell. To put it simply – I have fallen in… Read more

  • The Autumn Maiden: An American Girl Story

    BY FRINGEBENEFITS “Annabelle came in briefly to bring me some breakfast, and she said that Ben was here!  His company is on leave for two days!” Read more

  • The Voodoo Doll (Take One): A Pirates of the Caribbean Story

    By WriterfromWardrobe Word Count: 1311 Rating: PG Summary: What if Carina (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) was Jack Sparrow and Angelica’s daughter? Written prior to Dead Men Tell No Tales being released to theaters, I heard this theory that Carina Smyth could be Jack Sparrow’s daughter, so these were my reasons… Read more

  • Leaving a Mark: The Christianity of Harry Potter

    BY BRADLEY J. BIRZER “The blood of a unicorn will keep you alive, even if you are an inch from death, but at a terrible price,” one character explains. Read more

  • The Lies We Tell: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 3: Changes Are Coming

    By Jessica Beaubien (alias Niaf) Word Count: 27542 Rating: PG for moments of peril Summary: The alternate account of the Chamber of Secrets seen through Snape’s eyes. Severus was drawn from his thoughts once more as another memory invaded his mind. He sighed, for this particular memory was not his fondest moment. Oh, he always knew… Read more