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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 8: A Feast for Crows
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Enough of this!” Sauriel bellowed. “You are the one acting like a baby whose rattle is being taken away!”
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Super Villain Sundays: Darkseid
SuperVillain Sundays: Darkseid By Ian T. Wilson Rating: PG Word Count: 320 Summary: A brief biography of one of DC Comics’ most iconic villains. Good morning, good people of the internet. I’m Ian Wilson, and welcome to another Superh- wait a minute, what’s this? Supervillain Sunday! That’s right. Villain. Today I want to talk about…
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The King of the Dry Waterfalls
THE KING OF THE DRY WATERFALLS By Dominic de Souza Word count: 1194 Rating: Summary: A moralistic fairy-tale. A series of short, fairy-tale stories to illustrate points of Christian Faith and the Sacramental Life, to be assembled in a book called ‘The Catechism Tales’. Let me know what you think! *** Once upon a time…
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A Dream of Albion: A King Arthur Poem
BY THOMAS G. ADAMS Whispers of the past, haunting me forever, dancing in my very veins, speaking to me of days long gone, and heroes long dead.
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 23: Too Many Hugs
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… Nico had closed his eyes, his body, his whole being bracing for the crushing weight of the…
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Black Milk: A Myth Retold
“From that day, there was great change in Hecate and in her dealings with men. She who had been sought for kindly help in matters of fertility, now was feared by all living things.”
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East to Chicago: A Memoir of 1920’s America
BY LAWRECNE S. HOWE & M.C. PEHRSON Dad was born in Chicago, so for him it was old home week. All his family was within a stone’s throw from where we were staying.
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Myth and the ‘Now’: The Tale of Arthur
BY GRANT HUDSON High-born boy has been taken and hidden by a wise old man, to be revealed as a figure of power and destiny at the right moment.
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Kay: A King Arthur Poem
“Spy two lads a-hawking past the pond; Even now there’s a strange respect For this foster-brother – a love beyond The call of duty…”
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 12: Progress
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. From Chapter 11 – “Actually,” Hermione…
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Little Swift
By Ruth Asch Word Count: 4556 Rating: PG (Discussion of euthanasia) Summary: A fairy tale of freedom and life. If you happen to pass along a country road in a land far away, at that time when the blue of a day is sucked up into the unknown, leaving sky beneath blanched and luminescent, you…
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 7: A Respectable Courtship
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “They’re opening the harvest fair tomorrow evening at the city limits,” he informed her quietly. “There will be jousting and all sorts of sport.”
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William Windson
WILLIAM WINDSON By Ruth Asch Word count: 1740 Rating: G Summary: A cat makes friends with a wind. When William was a cat, he was a fine looking animal. Smokey blue-grey with a silvery sheen to his short fur, and luminous green eyes. Playful and powerful, he was adored by the lady who lived with…
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Shadow of Sherwood: A Robin Hood Poem
“Word of your deeds, it spreads with your fame, Yet the sheriff, that knave’s put a price on your name.”
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You Can Tell the Bees Anything
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 90 Rating: G Summary: A whimsical look at the bees. Go tell your secrets to the morning bees You’re safe with them; they’ll listen as they work The only buzz they spread is happiness And meadow-news to share with only you The bees – they always seem to understand They…
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Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 111 Rating: G Summary: A poem about resisting Temptation That wicked liar offers us a poisoned cup In whose sheeny surface we see ourselves Reflected in his cold imaginings And not our own, in what we ought to be There is another Cup for us, not this one Just as…
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Emer of the Green Eyes
BY TIMOTHY MATHER Where I saw my complete maleness, I saw in Emer the totality of Womanhood.
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It Was Autumn Then, Too: A Robin Hood Story
BY BOOKOTAKU “Come sunrise, I’ll have to be the one to break the news to the friar about your totally avoidable demise.”
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 22: Running Out of Time
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… August and September flew by rather quickly, and before they knew it, October was upon them. During…
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Lonely Places
BY RACHEL LIANNA When you stand in the silence, in what others would deem emptiness, remember that even places are themselves.