Who says there are gods? Russell Amos Kirk does in “The Last God’s Dream,” a long, complicated tale that challenges us to reflect once again on both God’s agency and mercy. All of Russell Kirk’s stories have been grossly neglected over the years, so it would perhaps be redundant to describe “The Last God’s Dream” [...]
Greed—like gluttony or sloth—is not conducive to human flourishing. Regarding greed, Russell Kirk commented, “Avarice, rather, is desiring more wealth than one’s soul can support properly. Avarice sometimes produces present poverty: the miser, proverbially, is ragged and lean.”[i] When he chose to personify greed in his fiction, Kirk had to look no further than his [...]
Set in Yorkshire, England on Christmas Eve, Russell Kirk’s short story “Saviourgate” is a story about the soul’s journey through the afterlife. Whereas many ghost stories explore only the diabolical imagination, “Saviourgate” opens up creative possibilities for thinking about life’s timeless moments and how they may be glimpses of paradise. Ghost stories were standard Christmas [...]
“The Cellar of Little Egypt” is among the least appreciated of Russell Kirk’s many ghost stories. It is a tale about how businesses can be corrupted from internal forces, and it offers businessmen a shot of moral imagination. “The Cellar of Little Egypt” is among the least appreciated of Russell Kirk’s many ghost stories. Kirk [...]