Christmas is almost here! If you get gift cards, what will you be buying with them? Come on by our Facebook page and let us know! In the meantime, here's one to think twice about.

Stronghold 3 - PC
The successor to the famed castle-building series, "Stronghold 3" modernizes the graphics of the first game and...not much else.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art173940.asp


The Winter Solstice issue of BellaOnline's Mused Literary Review is now live! Here are some words about what has shaped up to be one of our best issues ever :)

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Winter infuses our world with magical beauty. Trees become glistening creations of white, frosted with snow and gilded with ice. Misty landscapes remind us of the serenity of solitude. Drops of water become shimmering jewels.

Poetry wraps us in the sensations. Blue holiday lights reflect merrily off of car hoods. Cozy fires blaze to warm frosty toes. Weary shoppers in line lose track of the true meaning of Christmas.

Fiction gives us garlands of glowing lights in Delhi, India along with a Christmas celebration embraced by mist and ancient cedars.

Non-fiction looks back at relationships. A woman muses about what type of cake her absent father might have wanted. A man remembers fond moments in a life with an alcoholic father.

Winter is a season of nature's essence. We gaze at the bare bones of trees, rocks, and landscapes, and glimpse the ethereal harmony which has always been there. It is a time to offer gratitude for all that we have, and all we can dream of becoming.


Here's the link to the main page for Mused. Be sure to download the PDF version if you have the bandwidth - it is simply gorgeous! Both are free.

http://www.bellaonline.com/review/

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