ISSUE

NO.18

AUGUST 30TH, 2025

EDITED BY SAMUEL J. STEPHENS | NATHAN GILMORE

Stories

TOLKIEN’S ‘BATTLE OF MALDON’

***essay | j.r.r. tolkien & anglo-saxon poetry***
by ELEANOR PARKER
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A COSMIC ALLITERATIVE

***poetry | mixed alliterative***
by DENNIS W. WISE
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LEO AND ATTILA

***poetry | alliterative***
by ALEX J. TAYLOR
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THE WAELSINGS’ REVENGE II

***poetry | alliterative***
by JORDAN M. POSS
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SCENES FROM ARTHURIAN LEGEND II

***poetry | alliterative***
by SAMUEL J. STEPHENS
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THE EPIC ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, PART V

***poetry | rhyming couplet***
by ALICIA JOY TAYLOR
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Features

THE BOOK CORNER

***VOLUME IV · JUNE 2025***
edited by Nathan Gilmore
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THE SONNET CORNER

***VOLUME III · JUNE 2025***
edited by Samuel J. Stephens
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FILM FILINGS

***JUNE 2025***
edited by Nathan Gilmore
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Stories

TOLKIEN’S ‘BATTLE OF MALDON’

by ELEANOR PARKER

A COSMIC ALLITERATIVE

by DENNIS W. WISE

LEO AND ATTILA

by ALEX J. TAYLOR

THE WAELSINGS’ REVENGE II

by JORDAN M. POSS

SCENES FROM ARTHURIAN LEGEND II

by SAMUEL J. STEPHENS

THE EPIC ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, PART V

by ALICIA JOY TAYLOR

Features

THE BOOK CORNER

edited by Nathan Gilmore

THE SONNET CORNER

edited by Samuel J. Stephens

FILM FILINGS

edited by Nathan Gilmore

COPYRIGHTS.

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Content Rating:

All stories published by IF can be assumed to have a content rating between PG-13 and a soft R.