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Death Imitates Art: Looking Darkness and Humanity in the Eye Through Fiction
BY J.J. FRANCESCO Despite the dark content contained within, I always make sure to infuse the light of Christ in all of it.
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Seasons Change
BY DEIDRE LOCKYER The Earth rearranges herself, a lady changing her clothes, her hair, her jewels. Soon the trees will wear red and orange and yellow.
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 7: Not Working
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. “Harry, look at me, child. Look…
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 3
BY E. KAISER WRITES “It’s been some time you’ve been hidden away in the foothill country, but I see you’ve been handling a large job.”
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On A Morning In June
ON A MORNING IN JUNE By Lawrence Hall Word count: 285 Rating: G Summary: A poem for those graduating school. The earth is all before me: with a heart Joyous, nor scar’d at its own liberty, I look about, and should the guide I chuse Be nothing better than a wandering cloud, I cannot miss…
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An Ikon of St. Seraphim of Sarov Among Birch Trees
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 90 Rating: G Summary: A contemplation on the life of a saint. Saint Seraphim among the birch trees, bent In penitential pain – O pray for us A thousand souls depending on your peace And then a thousand more for each, and more Saint Seraphim among the birch trees,…
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Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Chapter 4: Sansa’s Hymn
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Tell me, are you the same girl who sang at Blackwater, sang out your heart when the battle was raging?”
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For Those Who Believe: A Review of “The Song of Bernadette”
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Jennifer Jones is impeccably chosen for the part, combining rural innocence with spiritual wisdom in her portrayal of the saint.
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Ophelia’s Sister Song
By Deidre Lockyer Word Count: 216 Rating: PG (References to loss) Summary: A Poem of loss. Last night I dreamt I was a tree A Willow weeping in a cold, silent grove. The Moonlight bathed me in silver, but I felt it not, Numbed by loss to all but my weeping. When you walked…
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Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial- Chapter 17: Midnight Madness
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… The four boys clambered over the darkened cobblestone streets and dainty iron bridges. Nico had shadow-traveled them…
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Eternally Mine: A Winnie the Pooh Poem
“Dear, dear, Pooh Bear, do not fear. I will always remember you. You will always be mine.”
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The Fountain of Faith
BY CHRISTOPHER WOODS Ninety years ago, a cataclysmic event struck our home planet, Earth, and destroyed nearly all traces of civilization.
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 6: Fighting
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. Harry was headed across the Slytherin…
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Superhero Sundays: Doctor Strange
By Ian T. Wilson Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Word Count: 285 Summary: a brief biography of Marvel’s Doctor Strange Good afternoon, good people of the internet and welcome to another installment of Superhero Sundays. I’m Ian Wilson. Today, I want to talk about a character who has grown very popular of late, but…
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 2
BY E. KAISER WRITES “It’s been some time you’ve been hidden away in the foothill country, but I see you’ve been handling a large job.”
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At the Feet of the Mother
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Have we become creatures who only see in life the potential for death, or in defenselessness, the desire to cause more suffering?”
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All In Another Day’s Work: A Harry Potter Story
“You did it! You bought a Muggle computer!”
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Beauty Beheld: Reawakening Appreciation for Womanhood
BY DOMINIC DE SOUZA Truly lived, Christianity recognizes and values the physical and moral glory of Woman.
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Not By the Hand of Man: The Women of “Lord of the Rings”
BY EMERALD If she marries Aragorn, Arwen cannot sail for the Undying Lands with her father when he leaves Middle-Earth.