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James Paxton Priestley

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Jack
Jack

[Trigger warning: physical and psychological abuse. Language] Although only nine years of age and small framed, Jack was a sturdy and tough little character who appeared to possess an inexhaustible supply of energy and strength. As such, he was still of the age where this boundless get-up-and-go meant he needed

by James Priestley Jun 06, 2025
And They Lived Unhappily Ever After: The Anti-Fairy Tale
A colour print depicting Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf from the European fairy tale of that name, drawn by the English book illustrator, Arthur Rackham.

Introduction In one of the most well-known high fantasy adventure novels of all time, The Lord of the Rings by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, The Lady Galadriel says about the Ring passing out of knowledge that ‘History (of it) became legend, legend became myth.’ We give legend and myth oral

by James Priestley May 22, 2025
Gerechtigkeit ist blind
Image credit: A still of Burgess Meredith from The Twilight Zone episode ‘Time Enough At Last’ (1960). Wikimedia Commons.

Gerechtigkeit ist blind (Justice is blind) Author’s Note: My inspiration for this piece came from a long-held, fond memory of an episode from The Twilight Zone, featuring the American actor Burgess Meredith, who died in 1997 aged 89—described one of the most accomplished and virtuosic actors of the

by James Priestley May 19, 2025

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