I don’t think it would be right to say that my column on Christian Fantasy for The Intercollegiate Review, posted yesterday, has gone viral. But it seems to be approaching the communicable disease level anyway. Editor Anthony Sacramone tells me it’s rapidly approaching their record for hits. There’ve been several links, including…

Our friend Gene Edward Veith over at Cranach calls it “beyond excellent.”

David Mills at First Things speaks of “good advice” and “interesting insights.”

And, most amazing of all, Jeffrey Overstreet himself devotes quite a long post to it, calling me a “formidable storyteller,” which is kind of like having your singing praised by Placido Domingo. Although he’s visited our blog in the past and responded to some of my comments on his works, I’m surprised that a guy with so much more important things to think about was even aware of my work. He disagrees with my use of the term “Christian fantasy,” a point I appreciate, but I don’t think there’s much to be done about it.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who’s spread the word. I did not expect a response of this kind. Frankly (as I confessed to Anthony) I was a little embarrassed to submit the thing, because it seemed to me a lot of conventional wisdom that had been dispensed just as well by better writers.

But sometimes you’re in the right place at the right time, like the merchant in Hailstone Mountain who brought a cat to a country full of mice.