A Christmas Visit: A Star Trek Poem
A CHRISTMAS VISIT: A STAR TREK FAN-FICTION POEM By M.C. Pehrson , December 27, 2016 Word Count: 523 Summary: A Star Trek twist on a ‘'Twas the Night Before Christmas.’ ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and…
A Movie Fan’s Dream: A Crossover Story
(Hidden in the random and ridiculous story below are sixteen movie titles. Can you find them all? [Hint: Titles may be spread across words and punctuation. Prefixes such as ‘The Lord of the Rings:’ and ‘Harry…
Emerald’s Interviews: Interview with an Elf-Lord
Emerald: Hello, and welcome to Emerald’s Interviews, where yours truly takes the time to interview characters from movies, TV shows, and books. No character is too secondary or obscure to get their fifteen minutes of fame…
The Violet Phantom and the Yellow Conquistador: Part 3
The next day the triumphant villagers hailed Austin Slaymaker, their bruised and battered savior, with a massive banquet in the Plaza de Maria Pita. After all, he was golden-haired, he had ridden the bull, and…
The Violet Phantom and the Yellow Conquistador: Part 2
The HMS Warrior arrived in the port of Corunna, in north-western Spain, on June 6th, 1808. When it was finally tied down at the dock, a portly, well-dressed Spaniard approached the vessel and bellowed, “Hola,…
The Violet Phantom and the Yellow Conquistador: Part 1
It is May, 1808, and the wars between France and Britain have been raging for several years. Napoleon has, just a year prior, enacted the Berlin Decree in hopes of damaging the economy of Britain.…
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand: A Whimsical Literary Review
The annual shoot at the local estate is by itself worth the price of a copy of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, published by Random House. Lord Dagenham, a worthy variation on P.G.…
Top of All Tables: A Fan’s Review of the Television series “Jane and the Dragon”
When a dragon’s claws whisk young Prince Cuthbert of Kippernium away from the castle, an unlikely hero arrives at the dragon’s den to rescue the kingdom’s heir: feisty, precocious, and unforgettably red-haired twelve-year-old Jane Turnkey.…
Where Are My Lembas?: A Lord of the Rings Poem
O where, O where have my lembas gone? O where, O where can they be?! I’ve looked in the sack and I’ve looked on the ground! O where, O where can they be?! – O…
Bart the Bard
Bart was a bard and was known as Bart the Bard. He wasn’t a very good bard, actually. His rhyming was terrible and his singing so out of tune that his audiences always ran screaming…