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Give the Creator the Credit Due – A Poetic Response to Psalm 148
Byjevlir January 28, 2017

Give the Creator the credit that’s due. Shine forth Distant galaxies Glowing nebulas Giant stars Blackest holes. Go out Angels bright Seraphim flashing Winds blowing Flames burning. Since God is the maker, the builder, designer, Our lifegiver, ruler, sustainer, refiner. Learn of him Scientist Physicist Astronomer Chemist Tell of him Historian Sociologist Theologian Philosopher Give the creator the…

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Poetry

Tick
Byjevlir January 27, 2017

Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick— Steady constant beating drum. Break your step, find peace. (Featured image credit: Openclipart.org.)

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Science Fiction Short Stories | Short Stories

Traitor Tad: We Really Don’t Know Anything
Byjevlir January 26, 2017

Colonel Anders Dogger, now a rebel, or worse, part of the alien menace, pulled up into the opening of the canyon where Traitor Tad was said to be hiding. The entrance was guarded by a small self-propelled gun. Beside it stood a Lieutenant in the planetary assualt forces. To Dogger’s left as he faced the…

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Bible Related Short Stories | Fantasy | Fantasy Short Stories | Religious

The Dependable Assassin
Byjevlir January 25, 2017

In the history books he received just a brief mention. He was called Rutahgren (accented on the ah, though few people knew). If he was given any sort of title, it was “the Destroyer.” He was credited with assassinating Almar the Just around a century ago, following which there had been two or three decades…

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Fantasy | Fantasy Short Stories

Tlisli as a Merchant’s Guard
Byjevlir January 24, 2017

[Continued from Tlisli Gets a Job] Tlisli spent the rest of the day and a good part of the night being surprised. It started when she met Zerdanin, captain of the guard. Inraline used one name, and then the connective “ir” which meant “descendant of” and a parent’s name. Only in a formal introduction would…

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Poetry

Destruction and Beauty
Byjevlir January 22, 2017

Galaxies collide, Produce untold destruction, And wondrous beauty. The featured image is a Hubble Telescope image of Arp 148, the aftermath of two galaxies colliding.

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Bible Related Short Stories | Contemporary Short Stories | Religious | Short Stories

Thanks for the Beer
Byjevlir January 20, 2017

Sam (short for Samson, not Samuel), picked up the stein of beer he had just paid for, gave it an initial taste to savor the taste, and then followed with a gulp. He enjoyed his beer in the evening after a hard day of work. He took a quick look around the bar, searching for faces…

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Christianity | Fantasy | Fantasy Short Stories | Short Stories

The Parable of the Perfect Castle
Byjevlir January 18, 2017

On the borders of the empire there was a minor noble. Not that he thought of himself that way. In fact, he was lord of all he surveyed, little though that was. But what he surveyed, he liked to keep in perfect order. He had a perfect wife, not too fat and not too thin,…

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Fantasy | Fantasy Short Stories | Short Stories

Tlisli Gets a Job
Byjevlir January 17, 2017

[continued from Tlisli – A Lesson in Geography and Politics] After a few moments of silence, Tlisli worked up the courage to ask another question. “Why would taking the fort do the Grand Empire little good?” “Good question! For the same reason that it would be hard for them to actually take it. Clearing the…

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Poetry

A Splash!
Byjevlir January 16, 2017

False calm hides danger. A rock breaks surface smoothness. Ripples spread outward. (Featured image credit: Openclipart.org. No aspersions are intended on the pond pictured!)

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