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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 8
BY M.C. PEHRSON “This life is one of trials. You must never value peace above truth. Listen, my coming will drive a wedge between father and son, mother and daughter.”
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The Elf and the Orc: Chapter 8
BY BRITTANY KELLER “Orc or Elf, we’re the same on some level. Orcs are not as bad as your people seem to make us out to be.”
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Why I Avoid Sorcery in My Fantasy Novels
BY KARA SWANSON Often times, in fantasy novels, the term “sorcerer” is not even used in the correct context of literal sorcery.
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Period Drama is Coming!
Greetings and Felicitations, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen… Our upcoming issue of Ink & Fairydust will be dedicated to period dramas, with a broad timeline of 16th-19th centuries. *Review and explore aspects of your favorite (or even least favorite) films and series, including Jane Austen adaptations, Poldark, Hornblower, Sharpe’s Rifles, Masterpiece Theatre Productions, Pirates of the…
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 6: A Song for Easter
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “I know you, Sev. I know, I know deep down you’re good…and no mater how far down you bury it, that goodness will resurface some day.”
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One Bazaar Day: A Star Trek Story
“I am not denigrating your defense skills, but I see no reason for putting those skills to the test here I a common bazaar.”
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The Catholic and the Convert: The Spiritual Influences Behind J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth and C.S. Lewis’s Narnia
BY JOEL W. HAWBAKER In both Narnia and Middle-Earth, many of the heroes are ordinary characters, devoid of any special strength or power.
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The Nine Muses
“Calliope is the Muse of epics and eloquence, Dreaming of faraway lands and adventures hence.”
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Lady Catewyn?: A Game of Thrones Story
BY SWA-SWA MASOU “I can choose to hurt your father by hurting you, or I can choose to be kind to you, to help your father.”
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A Prayer to the Stranger: A Game of Thrones Story
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Perhaps a day will come when he will come among us in his fullness, and we will be sure to reject him, for he will be the stranger still…”
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 7
BY M.C. PEHRSON “The Council will make no exceptions to its ruling. Vulcan’s Space lanes are full of misguided people hoping to receive the blessing of Yanash.”
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The Elf and the Orc: Chapter 7
BY BRITTANY KELLER “You’re not going to fall,” he assured her. “I got you. You’re not going to fall. Trust me. I promise we’ll land before night.”
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 5: Anathema Sit
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “That is the theme of all life and literature, is it not? The search for the component of salvation.”
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Shades of Tolkien: A Lord of the Rings Spoof
BY SEAN ROMER “We are agitating for the formal acknowledgement of our non-sentient members, particularly zombies and animated skeletons.”
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I Am Doritos
“I shall uncover the evils of Athens and her pomp, and show Sparti to be the true champion of all that is good!”
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A Book Worth Reading
BY ELIZABETH TROUP There I’ll sit, lonely and cramped, with no one flipping through my pages, no one looking for the secrets hidden in these leather-bound walls.
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Time Slips By
BY M.C. PEHRSON In China the hills are steep, with plots of fertile land terraced almost to the river’s edge.
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 6
BY M.C. PEHRSON “There is only one way for you to be certain that you are making the right decision. Come, see the truth for yourself. It is only logical.”
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The Lady of Shalott
A fan-fiction multi-chapter story of romantic tragedy, told first person from the perspective of Elin, the Lady of Shalott.
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The Elf and the Orc: Chapter 6
BY BRITTANY KELLER We have a horse, so we can ride for a while. Keep the horse walking; if need be, urge him to go faster.