Light
Fifty years after the Rebirth, the woods in what had been Maine were quiet. The morning sunlight shone through the soft green leaves and melted the cobwebs. The silver scales […]
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Category: Issue Seven
The Silent Providence of Pain
About a half century ago the Japanese man, Shusaku Endo, wrote the novel, 沈黙 (Chinmoku). It was soon translated into English under the title, Silence, captivating a large number of […]
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C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, and The Handmaid’s Tale: A Reflection on Art as Poiema
“The first demand any work of art makes on us is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way.” C.S. Lewis[1] I was recently reminded of C.S. Lewis’s […]
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The Resurrection of the Dead and the Life of the World to Come: The Zombie Apocalypse as the Gospel in Reverse
In recent years, movies and television shows about the “zombie apocalypse” have experienced something of a resurrection. While for the general public the undead often pass for general entertainment, scholars […]
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The Good News In Dystopia
“Dystopia” speaks of a community, society, or world characterized by intolerable suffering, cruelty, and injustice. The undesirability of such an existence requires coercion. Control must be unrelenting; destiny inescapable. Dissent […]
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Hope in Dystopia
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 Why is the dystopian theme in literature consistently popular? Let’s be honest […]
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Why Are We Drawn to the Dystopian?
Despite the modern commitment to avoid suffering and embrace pleasure at any cost, our world remains infatuated with dystopian tales that are specifically designed to show us a world permeated […]
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Better Together: How the CW’s The 100 Reflects Generation Z’s Longing for Community
Dystopian stories are both a reflection of our existing fears and a dialogue detailing why we indeed should be afraid if we are not already living in fear. Many of […]
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The Truth Will Set You Free
“The Truth Will Set You Free” is a free-verse poem that explores the dystopian elements underlying contemporary Western society. We live in a strange time that seems to be defined […]
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