Anti-Catholic Chronicles Section B
What began as a dispute about divorce between England’s King Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII mushroomed into a civil war and a long-lasting hatred of Catholics by English Protestants.
Read moreA little bit of everything
What began as a dispute about divorce between England’s King Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII mushroomed into a civil war and a long-lasting hatred of Catholics by English Protestants.
Read moreElverie, noun. obscure. Fairyland, Elfland, the Otherworld of myth and folktale. Often conflated with the Land of the Dead. Dialect
Read moreIt is fitting that a Baltimore newspaper should publish a monograph about anti-Catholicism in America. Maryland was a colony founded for Catholics, and Lord Baltimore, after whom the city was named, was Catholic. Maryland is also the home of the oldest Catholic Church in the original 13 colonies—St. Francis Xavier was founded in 1731 in Compton.
Read moreI’m busy working on a new book and still looking for an agent to rep other books I’ve written for upper elementary and middle school readers.
Read moreHey. The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short
Read moreHey. The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short
Read moreThis fifty-fifth installment is called “The Proposal.” It’s a short-short story about two people, a businessman and a waitress, very attracted to each other, but who don’t even know each other’s names.
Read moreThis fifty-fourth installment is called “The Ladies Room.” It’s a short-short story about a man who inherits the company his grandfather founded and raised him to takeover, but there’s an unexpected catch.
Read moreThis fifty-third installment is called “‘Gesundheit!’.” It’s a short-short story about a girl and a boy, living in adjacent apartments in a six-story walkup, getting up the nerve to go on a first date.
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