Lessons Different Fits 15 Mar 202131 Jan 2022 An Old, Familiar Tune) The first Guardians of the Galaxy film opens with a shot of alien worlds. We descend upon one of these to a rocky wasteland, upon which…
Lessons We’ve All Been There 25 Jan 202125 Dec 2021 Delicious Awkwardness) There is a scene in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix where Harry and Cho Chang are at a café in the wizarding town of Hogsmeade.…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Part Eight 22 Oct 202020 Dec 2021 Tharol forced himself to turn from the elders, and focused instead on Jolu. Jolu was only recently lost after all, perhaps there was a way to bring him back. Tharol…
Lessons A Place Most Bizarre 19 Oct 202020 Dec 2021 Big and Small Minds) I have never had much luck explaining the message behind allegories to my son. I can tell him a story about the tortoise beating the hare,…
Short Stories Raise the Black Sun: Part Two 14 May 202014 Dec 2021 We numbered 37 in all. 36 Treksmen, plus our new foreman, a man we had never met called Boosh Fyyan. To this day I cannot tell you the first thing…
Short Stories Raise the Black Sun: Part One 7 May 202014 Dec 2021 This, of course, is my account of the Priests of Oolant and the sacrifices they made to summon the dread eclipse. The final night. The burning horizon. The Black Sun.…
Lessons Absolutely Sensational! 30 Mar 202028 Nov 2021 Sensationalism vs Realism) There is a dichotomy between works of fiction, where they can be considered either as works of fantasy, or as works of realism. Stories featuring magic and…
Short Stories Cael: Darkness and Light 29 Aug 201919 Nov 2021 Darkness) On a grassy knoll, far removed from any civilization, a small man sat perfectly still. Everything was quiet. There were no animals nearby, no sound of rushing water, no…
Lessons Mostly Familiar…Mostly 22 Jul 201918 Nov 2021 So here we are with a new week and a new series! Today I thought I would talk about a pattern of storytelling that is so ubiquitous it can very…
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