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Hi, Friday Fiction Friends! I’m so excited to announce a new contributor to our blog–Grace MacPherson. I know you’ll love her reviews as much as I do. Grace lives in Casper, Wyoming, and studies the classical liberal arts at Luther Classical College. A little more about my friend: Grace MacPherson is a Christian fantasy author […]

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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. My husband and I spend Wednesday and part of Thursday cooking, cleaning, and making yummy desserts. Danny’s specialty is turkey and dressing, using his mother’s recipe. I make Pink Fluff every year, a recipe I’ll share below. We’ll spend Thursday evening with family and friends, feasting, sharing recipes, […]

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If I asked you to name a classic work of literature, I’m sure one of the first to come to your mind would be A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Everyone knows about this book, and chances are everyone—or almost everyone—has read at least an excerpt of it somewhere along their lifetime. Unfortunately, […]

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I’d like to continue the theme of gratitude that I started earlier this month. One of my favorite Bible verses concerning being grateful is Psalm 118:24. “This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” NKJV Now, I realize the words thankful, grateful, or gratitude are not found in this […]

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“I will make you bleed. I will make you humble. You may be my creator, but from this day forward, I will be your master.” While there never has been—and likely never will be—an adaptation that comes close to the beauty of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro’s recent interpretation of her work comes remarkably […]

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What was your favorite fairy tale growing up? One of my favorites was Little Red Riding Hood, but Lari Don’s version was written after my childhood. So, as an adult, I’m introducing it to you now. This version–fit for children grades kindergarten through third–is illustrated by Célia Chauffrey. Her pictures are done in pencil and […]

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I’m back from the Florida Christian Writers’ Conference near Orlando. The weather was awesome, and the trees were filled with Spanish moss, so different from back home. I met so many great people and received a dose of encouragement from like-minded writers I desperately needed. The main reason I attended was to find direction and […]

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Happy Halloween! I cannot believe it is already Autumn again. Time to crunch through a pile of red and gold leaves, sip on hot apple cider, carve pumpkins, or navigate a corn field maze… All wonderful fall activities, but my favorite thing to do in these cooling months is curling up with a fuzzy blanket, […]

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Sometimes you just need a change of venue to receive a shot of hope. Maybe as simple as taking a day to shop, enjoy nature, or spending time with family. The humdrum of work and home and hurry that make up our week can take a toll. I know. I ran into the dollar store […]

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Arthur here. I come to you today to open to your perusing one of the best speculative fiction series I have ever read: Swallows and Amazons. The twelve-book series combines historical fiction (at least it’s historical to us, today), children’s literature, piratical adventures, communication with alien planets, train journeys, boot journeys, wildlife preservation, science, mining, […]

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