Tim Vander Meulen - Truth and Fiction

Unraveling Dostoevsky: Finding a Common Thread Among the Author’s Life and Writing

Order from chaos. Sense from obscurity. Hope from suffering. The greatness of the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky of the 19th century continues to elude those who would otherwise criticize the famed author for possessing a “faulty psychology” and a “diseased mind.”1 Indeed, the core of Dostoevsky’s confidence ran in direct opposition to the thriving popularity …

There in the Grass She Gently Lay

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There in the grass she gently layGrazing her fingers through.Alone the maid each passing day;Her island no one knew. Therein beside the Springs of Brin,The quiet waters soothe,And wind moves to caress her skin,tender, pale, and smooth. Above and around, surrounding herWatchful giants’ arms;Seemingly safe, seemingly secureThey never cause her harm. Sprawled there on unfounded …

Sample – Of the Young Lasgaleth and His Antics

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The Following is a small portion of a much larger story in the making, a fantasy of epic scale called The Dark World. No one in any age had ever disputed the fact that elves were generally a civilized and respectable people. But that is not to discount that there have been some among them, …