Is The Great Gatsby Truly a Must-Read?
Every couple months, a sentence like "Classic books to read" or "Best books of all time" enters my Google search box, bringing up pages...
The Man From St. David's
Chapter 1 In St. David’s, there was no family as popular as the Quickwells. The Quickwells were exceedingly rich and owned a large house,...
The Bard’s Prologue
When the Miller had finished up his tale, And everything which was to be was told, All around laughed, both the young and the old....
The American Renaissance
We’ve all heard about the Renaissance. It’s one of the most important times in our world’s history, a time of enlightenment, and peace;...
Twisted, Curved, and Crooked
Did you know that the National Scoliosis Foundation says that about 4 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with scoliosis? Did you...
For Art's Sake
Have you ever stopped to consider what a strange thing “art” is? Take a painting for example; an artist has an idea, a spark of...
The Ballad of the Unwilling Pork
Another world hosted a farm A farm like all others. This farm was run by one old John And all his twelve brothers. This farm was not Old...
Joy in Fear
“...Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and...
Canterbury Tales: Knights Tale; a Ballad Summary
My story now shalt thou hear quick; I have been asked by you To tell my share that is due first, So hear a tale full true. I would not...
The Dark Cycle - Chapter Seven
The Camp When Stephen woke up, he realized he had been trussed like a chicken. He was face-down on a carpet that smelled like feet. His...
Lessons from L’Engle on Trust
The landscape of life in today’s world is, no doubt, misty. The horizon gleams gray and grim with uncertainty, due to the continuing...
The Fall of a Star
An adaptation of a Mafia night narration. A short story you now shall hear, A tragedy to tell. A tale I’ve seen, ending quite sad And you...
God of Horizons
You are blue meeting blue in unbroken symmetry. You are in the highways and high places. How come? How can it be? It’s you in the dirt...
Behind The Curtains
“Softly, deftly music shall surround you Feel it, hear it closing in around you” -The Phantom of the Opera The stage can be a terrifying...
Age
Will I ever grow up? It's so far away. Right now, the wind blows Full in my face. It doesn't chill my bones, or make me shake. I run...
Jubilee
We take hiatuses from things when our emotional landscape becomes parched. Social media, dessert, and television all get purged when we...
In God We Trust?
In God We Trust? We see it every day. On license plates, our money and it engraved above all who enter the state of the union. In God We...
The Dark Cycle - Chapter Six
Chapter 6 The Siege As Raeffe and Lander were approaching from the north-east, Stephen, Grey, and Lyle were already past the boundary of...
Hour 42
A ballad by Julius McQuackus.
Your Truth?
John 16:13 “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak...