Author: Avellina Balestri
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Tracy's Song
BY MICHAEL GOTH Tracy would, one day, be accepted for who she was and the world would no longer see war, hatred, bigotry, or violence. Read more
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Mon Père’s Plan
BY WILLIAM C. HOWE “You must be completely quiet, because it is very dangerous to us to hide you here. Tonight, after dark, you must leave!” Read more
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Faith
BY M.C. PEHRSON From youngest years I’ve heard His voice, beckoning with Father-love, His mercy’s work a soul-deep truth. Read more
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 5
BY M.C. PEHRSON “Why do you continue to deny the facts? When will you understand? An award won through cheating has no value. It is meaningless.” Read more
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Elemental Exchange
“Man, I am curious why and how you have disturbed my rest. Your kind have scaled my flanks and stood upon my crags and troubled me no more than the eagles whose generations have flown above me while I slept.” Read more
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The Elf and the Orc: Chapter 5
BY BRITTANY KELLER “If I go back now, my brother and father both will do everything they can to keep me under tight surveillance.” Read more
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 3: Tea and Sandwiches
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “You complain about it, but what did you have to offer her that my father couldn’t have outdone you on?” Read more
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Of Fairy Tales and Joy: A Reflection for the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter
BY ELIZABETH AMY HAJEK The magical world was utterly enchanting. I found myself filled with a sense of wonder. Read more
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 4
BY M.C. PEHRSON “Spock, let us be truthful,” Sparn responded. “I have never done anything to honor you or your home, but with your forbearance I hope to do so now.” Read more
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The Elf and the Orc: Chapter 4
BY BRITTNY KELLER “I wouldn’t be so positive about my brother’s actions. I’m sure even the Elf Lords know about you kidnapping me by now.” Read more
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 2: Cradling the Dead
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Do you know, Potter, what I would have done to that damned sorting hat?” he queried, his voice falling in and out. “I’d have torn it…into so many pieces…” Read more
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Guardian Angels of the Quest: Frodo, Sam, and the Valar
BY ANNE MARIE GAZZOLO The Valar also play instrumental roles in aiding the Ring-bearer and his friends during the War of the Ring and beyond. Read more
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 3
M.C. PEHRSON “I am a man of many years,” he thought, “a gray-haired elder of the clan of Talek-sen-deen. What words can one so young possibly speak to me?” Read more
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The Elf and the Orc: Chapter 3
BY BRITTANY KELLER “I’d prefer to have been impaled by your army’s arrows rather than be burned to death in the mountain.” Read more
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Diwrnach is Dead
BY LORNA C. SMITHERS “Diwrnarch must defend the cauldron with a sword sharper than any sword in the world.” Read more
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Death Shall Have No Dominion
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “You shall not have my body, and death shall have no dominion,” she declared, though her voice was shaking. Read more
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 1: Smoke and Mirrors
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “You know the pull of the undercurrent well enough. It plays upon both strengths and weaknesses with utmost subtlety.” Read more
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A Day at Grandma’s
BY PHOENIX “I’ve got a whole list of things that need to be done, and as you can see, it’s going to take a bit of work to get this place tidied up.” Read more
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Prologue: Snake and Shadows
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Am I so lost…that even you…you can’t find me? Oh…no…” The tears ran down his chalk white face, carrying the memories inside them. Read more
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An Unexpected Journey: A Lord of the Rings Story
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO “They’ll be going to the Gray Havens, the Elvish city by the sea. Their boat will be leaving here soon, and we promised Gandalf we’d meet him on the way.” Read more