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Magpie Monday
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Krampus Carol, A.S. Byatt, Adam Mills, Adrian Garcia, advent, Alan Moore, Aliya Tarmo, Alone by Siegfried Sassoon, Alton Brown, Andrew Gilstrap, Anthony Bourdain, Ariel, art (Victorian), Barry Dwight Steel Rodger, Bittersweet Romance of Leaves and Snow by Erin Morgenstern, Boing Boing, book shelves, bookcases, Borden eggnog, brokeback poses (superheroines), Brom, Chuck Wendig, comas, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Dave McKean, Deerskin by Robin McKinley, Domythic Bliss, dracunculiasis, druids, Druids Cutting Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon (c. 1890), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, eggnog (history), Elizabeth Hand, eschatology, Fables, Fearnet, flax-golden tales, French Foreign Legion, Gabriel by Adrienne Rich, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, gingerbread (sci-fi), Gingerhaze, Hans Christian Andersen, Hanukkah, Henri Paul Motte, Hero4Hire Creative, heteropaternal superfecundation, home libraries (design), Ian McEwan, Ideomancer, Introverts, io9, James Joyce, Jodi Harvey-Brown, Joel Robinson, Juan Santapau, Justin Simon, Karen Berger, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Krampus, Krampus: The Yule Lord, Krissy Brady, latke-hamentash debate, LCD contact lenses, Lewis Carroll, Lindsay Small-Butera, Lindsey Mann, LitReactor, Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse by Ian Creasey, magic tricks, Marie Chapmen, Maya, Mean Geimhridh, Megan Hotz, MiracleMech by Tim Deans, mistletoe, Nancy Alsop, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Nicholas Humphries, nitrous oxide, novella, Prophet Hen of Leeds, PSAs, Psylocke, pupils (dilation), Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury Square, Russell Hinson, Saint Nicholas, Sally Franckowiak, Samantha Jewell, Santa Claus, See Jane, Shattered Amber by Mari Ness, sickles, Silas House, space (darkness), Su Blackwell, sunlight (weight), Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, taboos in speculative fiction, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Artist in the Tower by Adam Mills, The Brief, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, The Dead, The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, The Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hawkeye Initiative, The Kissed Mouth, The League, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Little Mermaid, The Magic of Christmas: An Advent Calendar of Fantasy Fiction, The Perfect Match by Ken Liu, The Rise of Ransom City (excerpt) by Felix Gilman, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Show Must by Matt London, Three Panels Open, Through the Looking-Glass, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tom O'Bedlam, Tor.com, Travis Price Architects, typography (kinetic), Ulysses, Under a Sky of Knives by Michelle Muenzler, Vancouver Film School, Vertigo Comics, Vylar Kaftan, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, writer's block, writing routines, Yann Frisch
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Magpie Monday
F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” Here are some shiny, crisp things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Irene Gallo curated an awesome autumnal gallery, Picturing Autumn, An Equinox Celebration, last … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Wizard of Earthsea, Agyar by Steven Brust, Aitor Iñaki Eraña, AlphaBooks, American Gods, Andrew Liptak, Andrew Neal, Anne Hathaway, Arctic forests, Autumn, Batman: The Tailor by Aitor Iñaki Eraña, Ben Towle, Black Widow, bookcases, BookRiot, bookshelves, Brothers Grimm, Cameron Cook, Carey Farrell, Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926), Catwoman, Cheong-ah Hwang, Chris Thile, Christopher Moloney, Colleen Wing, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, death (Victorian), diner lingo, Distraction by Cheong-ah Hwang, Doctor Strange, Dylan Meconis, Earthsea, Edgar Meyer, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, electron microscope photography, Elektra, Elephants of the Platte by Thomas Israel Hopkins, Erin Morgenstern, Eve and Adam (excerpt) by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fairy tales, film trailers, FILMography (tumblr), FIrestar, flax-golden tales, Fool's Gold by Frank Dutkiewicz, Ged, George R. R. Martin, global warming, Grimm Tales: For Young and Old, Harry Potter, Hellboy in Hell, How Not to Write Comics Criticism, Hugh Jackman, I Am Legend, Indiana Review, Irene Gallo, J.K. Rowling, Joe Hiland, Juan Santapau, jus prime noctis, Kelly Link, Kevin Steele, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Les Misérables, libraries (amazing), Little Red Riding Hood, Little Red Riding Hood Does Over the Big Bad Wolf by Wendy O'Malley, Louise's Ghost by Kelly Link, Luc Latulippe, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Marc Basile, Marianne Stokes (1855-1927), Marvel Comics, Melisande (1895) by Marianne Stokes, Michael Joyce, Mike Mignola, Misty Knight, Mortless by Henry Szabranski, music videos, narrative hooks (writing), Neil Gaiman, New Zealand Listener, No One But You (song), O'Donovan, OCD cleaning tricks, Old Friends by Shane Wilwand, paper sculpture, Paul Smith, Philip Pullman, Postcard Stories, procrastination, reading nooks, Rising Falling by Leah Thomas, Robert Neville, Russell Crowe, Russell Hinson, Said the Princess by Dani Atkinson, Scarecrow, serialized novels, slushpile, Steven Brust, Stranger Things Happen, Stuart Duncan, Subterranean Press, superheroines, Sutured Infection, Suzy McKee Charnas, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Teaching in the Margins, Tehanu, Tenar, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Faun (1923) by Carlos Schwabe, The Girl Detective by Kelly Link, The Goat Road Sessions, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Night Circus, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Specialist's Hat by Kelly Link, The Unwritten, The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas, The Weird, Theodora Goss, Tom Hooper, Tor.com, translucent animals, Travels with the Snow Queen by Kelly Link, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vampire novel (history), Weird Council, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, Women's Auxiliary (photo), Write Place Write Time, xkcd, Yo-Yo Ma, Yuko Shimizu, Zadie Smith
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