Christian realist fiction refrains from the depiction of anything fantastic, magical, miraculous, or overtly supernatural, instead showing the struggle between good and evil which rages in each individual human heart. Here are four such novels that may not be classics, but which are worth reading and perhaps revisiting. In an effort to serve as a [...]
Something is stirring underground. Something exciting. Something new. Something invigorating. Refreshing. Needed. The something to which I refer is a new Catholic cultural revival, which is being made manifest in the visual arts, music and most especially in literature. Last week, in the first of these “notes from underground”, I focused on murder mysteries being [...]
Today, in the real-life web of deceit, depravity, and diabolical darkness in which we find ourselves, good and healthy murder mysteries can inoculate the soul of the reader from the toxic mainstream. They help to expose the crimes of the culture of death, serving as undercover agents in the countercultural underground. The culture of death [...]