At Long Last…Guardians of the Twilight Lands

Available today! The Unexpected Year of Rachel Griffin Back in the long-ago dream time of 2011, when I first started writing this series, I decided to stick with the far future dates that the moderator of the roleplaying game this series is based on had chosen for his game. Because of this, The Unexpected Enlightenment…

Remember That We Are Loved

Monday the state permitted those “from-away” to hunt along with Mainers. Opening season for Mainers began Saturday, awfully spooking the deer who don’t know Halloween except in this form. Awful thing to do to them during the rut when they’d rather concentrate on something better and are so crazed. Or, maybe not crazed but more…

Narnia for Adults– a new book by K. Alan Snyder

Alan Snyder, whose works we have linked to here before, has a new book about the effect of C. S. Lewis on modern America. Here is his article talking about, specifically, the influence of Narnia: Narnia for Adults (and Other Maturing People)  Dr Snyder    February 8, 2020 Nearly every Wednesday evening since last September, I’ve been…

RIP Christopher Tolkien, Keeper of the Lore

Article by Joshua Young Somehow I assumed that Christopher Tolkien was much younger, but maybe I just formed that image a long time ago. Regardless, it’s sad to hear of his passing.  Outside of his father, the famed J.R.R., Christopher is probably the one most responsible for all things Middle Earth. He compiled his father’s notes…

The Lament of Prometheus

New work of literary criticism by author John C. Wright: Lament of Prometheus in a nonfiction work in which award-winning science fiction Grandmaster John C. Wright sets out to explain the inexplicable: A Voyage to Arcturus written in 1920 by Scottish author David Lindsay, is a fascinating, blasphemous, and magnificent failure. See The Lament of…

Perhaps a Poem Is Just the Antidote You Need!

Poetry celebrating the beauty of nature and more by poetess, Jenny Bates! If your soul is on a quest to balance the myriad minutia of life in the 21st century, then poet Jenny Bates’ third collection, Visitations, is a must read.  Bates’ answers lie in the forest surrounding her home where by night the master vocals…