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Distinctive fantasy fiction stories that delight the mind and stir the soul.

Fantasy Fiction Books Are Worth Reading!

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Fantasy Fiction Books

Why Should You Read My Fantasy Fiction Books?

Some People Only Read Non-Fiction

The other day a friend told me he only reads non-fiction. I presume fantasy fiction books would be even lower on the list than general fiction, if he were to have such a list. Actually, I am aware that there are Christians who believe fantasy fiction is evil, even so-called Christian fantasy fiction. I will grant that some fantasy fiction is evil and some so-called Christian fantasy is questionable as well.

Why Read My Fantasy Fiction Books?

Fantasy BooksSo returning to the question at hand, why should you or anyone read my fantasy fiction books? At the heart of it is letting truth illustrated by story touch mind and heart. My story helps a person apply truth to life situations, to look at reality through a fictional lens. I may be informationally educated by non-fiction, but I am both informationally and emotionally educated by fiction.

My fantasy fiction books will help you explore the various facets of life through other people’s eyes as well as your own. For instance, through the life of a character in a story you are able to emotionally experience the consequences of bad choices without having to make those bad choices yourself. It is through fiction, “Ivanhoe” by Sir Walter Scott, that I learned the impact of prejudice toward people who are different from me. It is through fiction, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, that I came to grips with the depth of the emotional trauma of slavery here in America. Few times have I ever cried reading non-fiction—if ever. Many times I have wept while reading fiction.

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The Power of Story

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The Power of Story

Stories Have Remarkable Power

An Eye-opening Classic

Have you read “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”? Over the years I have heard criticisms of the story and in turn did not read it. However, I recently picked up a copy at Barnes & Noble. Wow! What a powerful story and relevant for today with the separation of children from their families at the border. During the days of slave trading children were taken from their mother’s arms and sold, never to be seen again. Even a wife or husband might be sold “down the river,” as they say—families ripped apart generally without any element of empathy on the part of the seller or the buyer.

This AuthorThe power of story is in its intellectual and emotional appeal to our senses. Reading “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” you feel the terror, pain, and bewilderment of the child as well as the heart-wrenching agony of the mother. Harriet Beecher Stowe takes you into their minds and dresses you with their raw emotions and you are faced with the utter depravity of the entire slave culture.

Also, I was somewhat indifferent in my attitude toward the situation at the border, paying it little attention. In reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin my eyes were opened to the immorality of the policy of separating families. But they are illegals! Yes, so we would punish the children for the sins of the parents? In Deuteronomy 24:16-17 (NKJV) we read, “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin. Regarding that issue, my attitude has changed from somewhat indifferent to empathetic. The power of story!

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