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Choirs of Angels
For these so aptly named beings Think of the word’s original meaning So large and full of might they are As they command the planets and the stars
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The Visitors from America
Susie, even lovelier than her mother, eyed Erik with her green eyes, studying him, his mask, as his own yellow eyes were drawn to hers.
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Robin Hood “Telling His Beads”: A Catholic Reflection on the Prince of Thieves
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Robin Hood, although an outlaw bandit, has often been portrayed as not simply a nominal Catholic but also a fairly pious religious observer.
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Slip in Time: Chapter 6
BY CHRIS S. (ALIAS WEREWOLFKING350) She looked at Harry sadly, but once again her gaze turned curious…
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The Best Robe – A Star Trek Story: Chapter 6
“What if it were you, Kevin?” “Ya mean if I was his wayward son? Let me tell you, if I came home and said ‘Guess what? I lost all your money, pops,’ and he took me back like that-“ Riley snapped his fingers “-I’d have some serious doubts about his sanity.” Sobering, he took another…
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Sun, Sky & Moon Chronicles Chapter 8: Physical Touch
Zenon entered the portal like all the other children. For a moment she panicked, surrounded by darkness, there was no air. But she quickly realized she didn’t need air. But the other kids did. “Buffoons. Keep walking, or you will suffocate.” Zenon pushed the other children in further, her strength now returned to her; she…
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Companion in Affliction: The Private Life and Wartime Trials Lord Charles Cornwallis
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Cornwallis was a child of England’s hereditary nobility, and had the oldest family and bluest blood of any of the major British commanders.
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Snow White Sacrament
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Come, dawn of man’s desiring, gold glimmer of the Maker’s eye, snow-white sacrament divine.
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The World Was Watching Cullowhee: Memories of the “Great American Eclipse”
BY ANNA RAJAGOPAL “It’s so great that there’s an eclipse on the first day of class!” Dad rejoiced, thrilled that he had an excuse not to go to campus..
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Voice of a Kingdom
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI I know I must go, or reach out a hand. Since before I was born, I was meant for the quest.
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Summer Storm
Only now, he expected it to be bathed in shadow, as he knew Christine, Antoinette Giry and Meg had traveled to the seaside for a brief summer break.
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Brian Jacques: Children’s Fantasy Author
BY GRAEME RESTORICK The series was a roaring success, and millions of copies were sold worldwide and translated into over many different languages.
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Nigheag Bheag a Bhroin / Lavendière de nuit
At this, the woman, pale, distraught, let go the tangled cloth, and disappeared into the night as though she were a moth.
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The Last Sunset
Erik knew his time in Mazanderan was coming to an end. He knew through his source and only friend, Nadir, the Daroga or Persian Police Chief, that the Shah would soon have Erik assassinated.
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Slip in Time: Chapter 5
BY CHRIS S. (ALIAS WEREWOLFKING350) Diagon Alley looked… different than it had the last time Harry was here.
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The Best Robe – A Star Trek Story: Chapter 5
“I-I just…he didn’t even want to speak to me.” Albix covered his face with both hands. “He asked about you, didn’t he?” “Yes. But that’s all. I mean, I expected him to be surprised. Angry, even.” He picked up the green glass of water next to him and drank it half down. “But indifferent?” He…
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Sun, Sky & Moon Chronicles Chapter 7: Serpent Fists
As the small statues marched toward them, the assassin boy opened a portal beneath the two steel figures. The statues vanished in a beam of light. That shouldn’t happen with my portals, thought Khalid. “Behind you. Both of you!” screeched Winona. Khalid often switched between loving and hating her voice. Khalid dove to the side…
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An Author’s Note
“As the soul sings eternally, Causing mortal flesh to dance For it is lit by the Torch of Life, And so we are all here Alive…”
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A New Moon: A Phantom of the Opera Story
BY STEPHANIE PIRO “I, too have been called a monster, and like you, my own mother wished I had never been born,“ he spoke softly.