Surgical Dreams
Under anesthesia,
there’s no REM sleep.
Yet, what’s recalled sure does loom large…
By William S. Kilgore
Author: LSMeditors
We’ve Created A Monster
Since it appeared, I’ve found that people had two reactions to AI, ranging from apathy to utter disgust, but then there’s a third reaction I didn’t expect: raging enthusiasm. Yes, friends, there are people who actually want AI to succeed and to destroy human artists…
By Ian Wilson
Spring 2026: The Marriage Bed
Join us as we explore Marriage and the Family with a focus on The Marriage Bed. We’ve worked hard to keep this adult topic clean and modest, but use your judgement to know if this is the right issue for you or if you should peruse another one of our issues instead.
Read MoreThe Angelus
By Mary M. Isaacs … Alison finished her preparations for dinner, keeping one eye on the clock. She had managed to remain calm all morning as she cleaned the house, prepared for dinner, and packed a small bag to take to her cousin’s house. But now it was almost noon…. She stopped everything she was doing while watching the minute hand move forward slowly. Fear and apprehension flooded through her as the hour approached.
Read MoreIt’s Not Just For Kids
In certain sectors of the culture, there’s a disrespect for the fantasy genre, claiming that it’s “just for kids”. Basically saying that adults who read fantasy stories need to “grow up”. Calling us “silly” or patronizing us like children…
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday: John Henry Newman
For Saint John Henry Newman, cor ad cor communication is not an emotional sentiment but an objective reality grounded in his own experiences of conversion and the ascendency of a correctly formed conscience…
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
Patrons of Nature
When anyone asks about the patron saint of nature, everyone’s first thought is of Francis of Assisi. Rightly so, he is the most famous saint associated with nature…
By Amanda Pizzolatto
You Will Not Be Famous
If you’re a writer with aspiration for fame, fortune or at least middle-class income, I’ve got bad news for you: in all likelihood, you’re not going to get any of that…
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday – John Wycliffe
It seems in all his works, Wycliffe was sincere rather than calculated, earnestly desiring reform…
By Sarah Levesque Losordo
Legend: A Boethian Analysis, Part 3
Boethius would see, however, Darkness as a maximal expression of evil as a privation, a power-hungry tyrant whose perverted will has chained him to his own wickedness:…
By Anthony Cirilla
Light and Love on Amber Lake
Bob turned toward me, the “Super Bob” mask completely gone. Slowly, he reached across the space between us. His hand was warm and calloused, and he let it rest over mine…
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
Life Expectancy: A Review
The story is told from the perspective of James “Jimmy” Tock, pastry chef, the only son of a pastry chef (or is he?) in scenic Snow Village, Colorado. He was born on a stormy night in Snow County hospital, the very same evening that his grandfather, Josef Tock, is expiring from a stroke…
By Ian Wilson
On Having Standards
I’m very particular about what media I consume. There’s certain music I don’t listen to, certain movies and TV I don’t watch, and certain books I don’t read…
By Ian Wilson
Legend: A Boethian Analysis (Part 2)
Having equipped himself with a breastplate of righteousness, a sword of the spirit, and a shield of faith, Jack quite literally must go face the ruler of the darkness of his world…
By Anthony Cirilla
12 Rules For Writing Adventure Stories
Well, here are my 12 rules for writing adventure stories. Feel free to follow, or discard them at your own convenience, whatever fits your writing style…
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday: Julian of Norwich
In 1373, at the age of thirty, Julian fell ill with a mysterious illness that threatened to take her very life. She was spared, however, by the mercy of God, who healed her and revealed Himself to her in visions…
By Ian Wilson
Baking, Family and a Bit of Competition
As they stepped off the stage, Bob pulled Lillian aside. He looked her right in the eye and said, “I couldn’t imagine sharing this with anyone more talented.”
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
Why Camelot?
All English kings have tried to claim some legitimate connection to him, by blood or by some other means. But what made me, personally, choose to write about Camelot?
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday: St. James the Less
James the Lesser, or James the Just, a close relative of the Mother of Our Lord and witness to the crucifixion, friend of the Apostle Paul, leader of the Jerusalem Council, and first Bishop of Jerusalem…
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
A Garden is a Department of Metaphysics
A garden is a Department of Metaphysics
Promethean fire and shadows in a cave of light…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
LogoSophia Magazine 