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And the Skies Look On: A Lord of the Rings Poem
White clouds, scudding swift, ‘cross a cobalt blue sky. He sits ‘neath an oak, book on knee. Dwarves, dragons and elves float before his minds eye. “Why does nothing strange happen to me?”
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JRR Tolkien’s University Model: An Authentic Liberal Arts Movement
BY DANNY OSCAR RUTILIO The desire to renew the liberal arts can find a spirit of freshness and wild power in the enthusiasm of St. John Paul II in the “Letter to Artists.”
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A Terrible Good
By Scott Sloan, January 13, 2016 Word Count: 210 Rating: G Summary: A thought-provoking poem of creation I saw eternity the other night, felt in the blood, and felt along the heart. When I hear the lay that once I saw her hand awake, Her form seems palpable, and near. And I music’s power obey.…
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 9: Flying
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. Their defense class was a joke…
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 5
BY E. KAISER WRITES “I am Fia Brithin, sir; my family and I arrived at the palace only this evening. We came from Scelane, my father is provost there.”
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A Different Tale of Beauty: A Beauty and the Beast Story
BY DEIDRE LOCKYER Scooping his Beauty up, together they ran…into the Moon, into a future all their own…
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Every Page is Open to the Sun
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL We cannot stand with Dostoyevsky as guards drag him chained before a firing squad.
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 6: Lost Treasures
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “It’s for every lost treasure that we find, and every strain of light tying one to another,” she clarified, tucking the coin into the tree branch.
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Why George R.R. Martin is Not the American Tolkien: A Comparison of Two Literary Giants and Their Fantasy Worlds
BY JOHN ADCOX Mr. Martin isn’t the American Tolkien. He’s the American Martin. That’s more than good enough.
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 19: More than Meets the Eye
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… “Wait, first we find out that Lucy from the story is a real person brought to the…
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Prophecy of Antillia
You will know the end of the slumber is near When the chosen people fight their way here; From the capital of Antillia they will come, And with them comes the Djinn and a new sun.
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Kite Wings
Oh, the glorious scene of the multi-colored, diamond-shaped kites against a blue sky as they dipped and turned to catch the wind! The children ran from each other as the wind blew the kites dangerously close. If the kites entangled, they would come crashing down and probably be broken.
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Is Faith Reasonable?: Being Receptive to All Reality
BY AMANDA TKACZOW There had to be a period before the universe started, a period before the “big bang” happened and matter was thrown every which way.
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The Prophet and the Dancing Girl: A St. John’s Day Poem
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 93 Rating: PG (Mild blood) Summary: The Martyrdom of John the Baptist is described from an unusual source. When the kitchen staff did the washing-up They could not but notice, among the bowls And serviettes, spoons, knives, pitchers, and plates, One of the best silver trays, blotchy with blood And…
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 8: Understanding
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. ‘Both wandless and silent magic are…
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 4
BY E. KAISER WRITES “There’s sure to be a way around, even if I have to knock on someone’s door. It’s all part of the castle gardens.”
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 5: A New Year
BY AVELLINA BALESRI “So…once upon a time, there dwelt a…princess, a strikingly beautiful princess, with hair like the tawny fire and eyes like azure ice.”
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Reflections of the Truth: An Analysis of Five Catholic Quotations from “The Lord of the Rings”
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA As an avid reader, I’ve discovered many noteworthy books, but for me, nothing can surpass The Lord of the Rings.
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 18: Back at Spavento
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… It was mid-morning by the time Nico found Victor Getz’s office, where Victor, Riccio, and Mosca were…
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The White Hare
BY EVA WEGGELAAR “When I woke up, I was sitting outside this farm, no longer a woman. I’d changed into a white hare.”