Oh Christmas Tea

It was a nice morning in November at the Butter and Biscuits Tea Shop, unseasonably warm for this time of year. Lorelei wanted to introduce a…


The Accursed Armor of Sir Geoffrey Breton

Just as man was “fearfully and wonderfully made” by the hands of its creator, so was the accursed armor of Sir Geoffrey Breton. McNash had worked on…


Silvanus

I feel as though I can no longer bear the suffering of this knowledge and thus find it increasingly hard to go on. Thus, I have turned to drink, my…


Delicious Ankles

The thing waited under the bed for another night in a row. “Gonna get me some o’ them delicious ankles,” it sang to itself in a voice that it thought…


Outlaws of the Calamadrin

Calamadrin 1A, June 1st, 2040 Deep in the vast, unexplored reaches of the new West, untold dangers lurked. A largely unexplored planet cluster, the…


Acceptable Risk

Roger was scheduled for a medical evaluation on Planet X29, a planet specifically created and run by the medical industry. Roger’s flight was…


Count Alucard Rising

Note: This story is written from after where the Universal movie Son of Dracula leaves us. Count Alucard stood on the bank of the swamp, gazed at the…


Bring the Prisoner Another Shot of Whiskey

“You want another shot, buddy?” my roommate amiably asks. Hell yeah I do. I grunt, which means “yes,” these days. Lockdown used to be only for…


“Like Fate,” “The Shades of April,” “With an Iron Grip,” and Other Poems

Like Fate It was bound to happen--- They left us all like this, Gutted shells of our former selves Shades of long-forgotten tales The slow-down, The…


The Eternal Against the Temporal: A Review of Catholicism — A Journey to the Heart of the Faith by Robert Barron

Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith by Robert Barron (Image, 2011) This is a beautifully-written work, extolling the virtues of…