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Squib Sisters: A Harry Potter Story
“We would like to inform you that, because of their exemplary magical talents, Averonna and Cheryce Pickersgill are invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.”
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Black Flame: A Harry Potter Story
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Am I alive? Am I dead? Is this truly my hell, my eternal black flame that blazes around me for all that I have done and failed to do?
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A Hidden Hero: The Importance of Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter Series
BY HANNAH VINCENT It is in The Deathly Hallows that Ron’s character blossoms fully, revealing a man who longs to protect his loved ones.
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Shattered Mirror: A Snow Queen Poem
“The Queen of Ice sat proud upon her throne; her one-time child-pawn toyed at her feet…”
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Three Taps: A Game of Thrones Story
BY 1000th GHOST “You couldn’t say it out loud. But could you…” He thought for a moment. “It doesn’t have to be verbal.”
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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!”