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An Ikon of St. Seraphim of Sarov Among Birch Trees
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 90 Rating: G Summary: A contemplation on the life of a saint. Saint Seraphim among the birch trees, bent In penitential pain – O pray for us A thousand souls depending on your peace And then a thousand more for each, and more Saint Seraphim among the birch trees,
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 4: Sansa’s Hymn
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Tell me, are you the same girl who sang at Blackwater, sang out your heart when the battle was raging?”
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For Those Who Believe: A Review of “The Song of Bernadette”
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Jennifer Jones is impeccably chosen for the part, combining rural innocence with spiritual wisdom in her portrayal of the saint.
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Ophelia’s Sister Song
By Deidre Lockyer Word Count: 216 Rating: PG (References to loss) Summary: A Poem of loss. Last night I dreamt I was a tree A Willow weeping in a cold, silent grove. The Moonlight bathed me in silver, but I felt it not, Numbed by loss to all but my weeping. When you walked
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 17: Midnight Madness
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… The four boys clambered over the darkened cobblestone streets and dainty iron bridges. Nico had shadow-traveled them
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Eternally Mine: A Winnie the Pooh Poem
“Dear, dear, Pooh Bear, do not fear. I will always remember you. You will always be mine.”
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The Fountain of Faith
BY CHRISTOPHER WOODS Ninety years ago, a cataclysmic event struck our home planet, Earth, and destroyed nearly all traces of civilization.
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 6: Fighting
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. Harry was headed across the Slytherin
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Superhero Sundays: Doctor Strange
By Ian T. Wilson Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Word Count: 285 Summary: a brief biography of Marvel’s Doctor Strange Good afternoon, good people of the internet and welcome to another installment of Superhero Sundays. I’m Ian Wilson. Today, I want to talk about a character who has grown very popular of late, but
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 2
BY E. KAISER WRITES “It’s been some time you’ve been hidden away in the foothill country, but I see you’ve been handling a large job.”
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At the Feet of the Mother
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Have we become creatures who only see in life the potential for death, or in defenselessness, the desire to cause more suffering?”
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All In Another Day’s Work: A Harry Potter Story
“You did it! You bought a Muggle computer!”
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Beauty Beheld: Reawakening Appreciation for Womanhood
BY DOMINIC DE SOUZA Truly lived, Christianity recognizes and values the physical and moral glory of Woman.
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Not By the Hand of Man: The Women of “Lord of the Rings”
BY EMERALD If she marries Aragorn, Arwen cannot sail for the Undying Lands with her father when he leaves Middle-Earth.
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 3: What Friends Do
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “It will no doubt take a bit of getting used to for both of us, but if we agree to trying it out in unison…I believe it might just work out in the end.”
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An Observation on Gender Identity
BY M.C. PEHRSON Why has it been acceptable for girls to diverge from society’s norm, but not boys?
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 16: Secret of the Wing
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… Ida let the kids sleep in her attic for the rest of the night, then, after a
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A Weary Writer’s Resolution
I will never write again No more characters No more plot No more conflict No more stories I’m done
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Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe: A Review
BY KAI MCWHIRTER Ivanhoe was a runaway success and remains one of Scott’s best loved works, credited with triggering a revival of interest in the Middle Ages.
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 5: Potions
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. At breakfast one morning, he and