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Once Upon A Time: A Great Idea, Not so Great Execution

The idea of putting fairy tales into a real life setting in the hands of some of the writers from Lost is quite intriguing. It has a solid premise, competent actors, but lacks the direction that Lost had. I know, it's wrong to compare Once Upon A...

1 comment    mirror fairy tales snow white
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Carl the Critic's Top Ten Psychological Horror Films

If there was ever a kind of horror I had always wanted to make, it would be a psychological horror film. But what text book films would I have to watch before I make my first psychological horror film horror?

8 comments    horror good japanese
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Moral stories for kids | Short stories for kids | The clever rabbit

Who doesn't love a good tale? Kids love short stories, even moral stories for kids are popular among them. Of course it shouldn't be too moralistic. I think the best moral stories for kids are those where the moral is left unsaid explicitly, but...

0 comments    short stories kids stories
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A tale of one city: Dickens and London

In 2012 we are celebrating Dickens' bicentenary. This great author is a creator of so many famous and beloved characters as Oliver Twist and David Copperfield to Pip, Miss Havisham and Magwitch. Every schoolchild reads his stories with amazement. It...

0 comments    london dickens tale of one city
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'Love' makes life a 'Fairy tale'

Like any other little girl I grew up listening to fairy tales like Cinderella, Thumbelina, Sleeping beauty, snow white etc which had me crooning over the Prince who comes along and saves the day for the damsel in distress, they fall in love and live...

9 comments    love life happiness
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Concerning drugs, Wonderland, religion, and Don Quixote

On Facebook, Hubpages, and so many other sites, the prompt given to inspire us to write, is “What’s on your mind?” A more appropriate question, it seems to me, would be, “What’s your mind on?” Neurobiology, and in particular brain...

4 comments    religion literature truth
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"The Itty Bitty Tittied Princess"

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. She was perfect in every way...except that she had extremely small boobs. In fact, one would say, she had no boobs at all. She was very distraught over this and would cry every night wishing she had...

12 comments    short story boobs princess
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Cinnamon Twists and a Fairy Tale

Good morning beloved breakfastpoppers. Today is Fairy Tale Friday, February 10, in the year of our kingdom 2012. Once again we are being attacked by King Teleprompter. The castle has mandated that religious employers must provide health care coverage for contraception, abortifacients and sterilization. This is a direct attack upon religious liberty and it concerns all of us. Let's meet by the Stream of Coercion to discuss this new development.

53 comments    recipe faith breakfast
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A Christmas Story, A Story of Love

An elderly couple flee to the far north of Scotland in winter to recover from a tragic loss. During their own recovery, they discover love, love of their own and of several other young people they accept into their home. It is a loving Christmas Story.

0 comments    a christmas story
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The Piper of Black Stone Abbey

In a land now long forgotten, the piper did play This is how he spent his days At a place called Black Stone Abbey The halls echoed with his mournful lullabies He is claimed to have been a hermit, with a hideous grin Enamoured of a young...

1 comment    poetry music literature
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