The Best Fishing Trip
(860 words/ About 5 minutes read time.) We often dream about our problems. This story is the result of a dream about the novel I’m writing.
Mercy Killing
This very short tale is a rewrite of a story I wrote eons ago. (802 words/ about 5 minutes read time.)
Dorothy Gale and Darth Vader Are Kindred Spirits!
I bet you never thought of Anakin (Darth Vader) Skywalker and Dorothy Gale as the same sort of characters? I never would have either, if not for Gregory Maguire…
(About 585 words/ 3 minutes read time.)
Meditation on Psalm 23
It’s a short Psalm, very succinct. It paints a simple yet very profound image. This is an idyll, a pastoral poem with an idealized viewpoint. It describes life when the Lord is trusted fully and completely.
(About 1200 words– +/- 6 minutes read time.)
Moving On
Willie Smith looked at the computer screen and smiled. He was quite pleased with the balance in his money market account. But it did remind him of a couple of points. First was where he could invest it. Second, and more urgent, was how the Valley was going to react …
After You’ve Read The Inheritance Cycle
I truly love Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I enjoy “Harry Potter”. “The Song of Albion” is fantastic. Still, when I started to write about a fantasy novel, I picked “The Inheritance Cycle” by Paolini. This review is full of spoilers and it probably won’t make much sense if you have not read the books. (About 1380 words/ 6-10 minutes read time.)
“Why say anything else about ‘Star Wars’?”
(635 words/ maybe 3 minutes read time.)
A thought about Lucasfilm and Disney.
Stranger In A Strange Land
(512 Words/ 2.5 minutes read time.)
Teenage perspective is much different from adult perspective. Rereading this novel proves that.
About Uisdean…
I’ve known God for a long time, but only in the past 15 years have I really got to know Him. I can tell you that there’s nothing about me that’s anywhere near as interesting as He is. But since you asked, I’m an old man. I am married to …
Strings
I Phillip Harrison had met the priest only once, briefly. That accidental meeting resulted in some very positive results; well, from Phillip’s perspective it was positive. It began a series of events that produced the box of papers he was carrying. He stepped up on the porch of the little …