A Robin Hood Poem
When the Normans came to our quiet shire,our lands became their own.On crusade – King Richard we admire,but Prince John is on the throne.Prince John asks of yet more tax each day,and each day a…
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Writing a Robin Hood Novel: An Interview with Avellina Balestri
Fellowship & Fairydust, Editor-in-Chief Avellina Balestri has contributed many poems and other creative works to the magazine and other publications over the years. She broke new ground in 2022 by releasing her first novel, a…
Halloween in Sherwood: A Robin Hood Story
It was All Hallow's Eve, and night had fallen early over Sherwood Forest. The greenwood lay in darkness, deep and velvety black, and a howling wind played through the high treetops, lashing branches and sending…
The Prison Break: A Robin Hood Story
Beaumont knew the moment when his prisoner understood his news that her beloved outlaw was dead. Unlike most women he knew, she did not burst into tears or wail loud enough to bring down the…
Blood From an Ancient Stone: A Movie Review of “Robin and Marian”
Has anybody out there seen the film "Robin and Marian" with an over-the-hill Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn? I watched chunks of it last year on YouTube, but decided to re-watch it on DVD this…
Growing Up with Disney’s “Robin Hood”
My first encounters with the legends of Robin Hood are, in many ways, the memory of my own maturing, realizing things for the first time which have characterized my understanding of the world around me.…
Make Them Remember: A Robin Hood Excerpt
~ by Avellina Balestri It was late on a spring day, and the sun was beginning to dip into the depths of the evening. The last of the winter chill was still in the air,…
Annunciation Day: A Robin Hood Excerpt
~ by Avellina Balestri Marian dreamed deeply that night, penetrating the past and feeling it singing through her subconscious. So many memories, so very alive, and the sense of it all slipping away, somehow, into…
Robin Hood “Telling His Beads”: A Catholic Reflection on the Prince of Thieves
The legends of Robin Hood and his Merry Men exert a near universal appeal, and have done so for generations. From ballads to books to films, the daring rebel spirit of the Prince of Thieves…
Outside the Law: A Robin Hood Story
~ by Avellina Balestri Robin slunk up the stairs, trying hard not to let his teeth chatter together as he passed by his father’s study. He had learned to walk like an animal in the…