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The Return of Saruman? A Case for His Re-embodiment in the Fourth Age
The fall of Saruman—once Curumo the Wise, chief of the Istari—is one of The Lord of the Rings’ most poignant and haunting character arcs. A… Read more.
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Reimagining the Anglo-Saxon Pantheon: Following the Norse Path
The Anglo-Saxon religious tradition, though fragmentary and often overshadowed by later Christian writings, offers tantalizing glimpses into a pre-Christian pantheon that parallels its more elaborately… Read more.
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Through Annatar’s Eyes: How Sauron Justified the War of the Elves and Sauron
In the history of Middle-earth, few figures are judged more harshly than Sauron. By the end of the Third Age, he is remembered as the… Read more.
On the Michigan shore…
Christian A. Larsen
Speculative fiction (J.R.R. Tolkien, Rod Serling, Stephen King) is my jam, but I also dig literary fiction (John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, F. Scott Fitzgerald).
I write better than I publish. Losing Touch and The Blackening of Flesh are both out of print. :(
The Author
Freshly-Imagined Sightlines in Fantasy, Myth, and Legend
—Enjoy! Or not.
Christian A. Larsen 