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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Two days ago, Neil Gaiman’s beautiful white German Shepherd, Cabal, died unexpectedly. The blog post Gaiman wrote about Cabal was one of the most heart-wrenching eulogies I’ve ever read. … Continue reading →
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Tagged 100 Girls, a capella, A Non-Periodical by Erin Morgenstern, Aaron Barlow, Adam Gallardo, Adaptation, Adventure Time, Ajantala, Alison Ann Woodward, All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre), American Splendor, Angela Carter, art school, badgers, Batman, Ben Templesmith, Beth Wodzinski, black holes, book nooks, book shelves, bookbinding, bookcases, Breaking Bad, Cabal, Cameron Cook, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Cowell Press, creativity, Daily Science Fiction, David Bowie, Deadman, Diana of Themyscira, education, Esther Inglis-Arkell, Final Corrections, Finn, flax-golden tales, Fool's Gold by Melissa Mead, Gavin Aung Than, Geneva Hodgson, German Shepherd (white), Grant Snider, Guillermo del Toro, Gun Machine, Harmonies of Time by Caroline M. Yoachim, Helen Oyeyemi, home libraries (design), infographics, Jake, Jim Batt, John Constantine, John Crowley, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Keith Smith, Kelly Link, King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise, Kurt Vonnegut, Leaves of Grass, Leila Alvarez, libraries, literary fantasy, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Mitchell, minimalism, Misty Mountains, movie posters, Mr. Fox, music videos, Neil Gaiman, Peter Hollens, Pittsburgh Times-Dispatch by M. Bennardo, Ponies by Kij Johnson, Princess Bubblegum, psychopaths, Radio Free Other, Rahzzah, rattenkönig (or rat kings), rejection letters, Ryan Britt, Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), San Francisco Center for the Book, self-fictionalization, Sharp Teeth, Shimmer magazine, Stephen Tobolowsky, Superman, Superman logo, Susanna Clarke, Swamp Thing, Synecdoche New York, The Email Game, The Hobbit, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Noxious Guest by Amos Tutuola, The Recondite Times, The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson, The Shape of Stories, The Spectre, The Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin, Toby Barlow, Todd Demong, Tor.com, Unwanted by Holly Jennings, Walking Home by Catherine Krahe, Walt Whitman, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) by Caspar David Friedrich, Warren Ellis, warrior goddess, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Where Are We Now, White Shepherd, Wil Wheaton, Wonder Woman, Wuthering Heights (song), Zachary Jernigan, Zatanna, Zen Pencils
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ For those of you who dream of singing in the rain or in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, or who dream of multiple covers of Rhianna‘s “Umbrella” (by the by, I love … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Distant Soil, Agatha Harkness, All Time Low, AlphaBooks, amnesia, Andrew Neal, anime, Annie Bellet, Anthony Hope Smith, Armless Maiden, Armless Maidens of the American West, Barcelona, basilisk, Ben Towle, Better Than Sunnydale, book-spine poetry, Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chris Berens, Christina Hendricks, Chuck Wendig, Colleen Doran, creativity, crime rate, cryptids, cryptozoology, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walters Grintalis, daydreaming, Dear Editor Enclosed Please Find My Story about Your Unfortunate Demise, dioramas, Dracula, Ekaterina Fawl, ElfQuest, fan fiction/fan art, fingernails, Genevieve Valentine, Glenn Barr, Greer Gilman, Harry Potter, Hogwarts fashion, home libraries (organization), Hush, Ice, immortality, Innocence Rearranged, interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jean Grey, Jeff VanderMeer, Kelly Williams, Kickstarter, La memoire douloureuse (The Painful Memory), Lady of the Cloth, landscape, literary devices in science fiction, Lord Voldemort, Luc Reid, Lucy Westenra, Luna Lovegood, Mad Men, Mandy Moore, manga, Marc Giai-Miniet, Mary Poppins, Matthew Weiner, motif, Museum of Modern Art MOMA, Oscar Wilde, Patricia Almeida, psychopath, publishing, pupil dilation, Rhianna, Sailor Moon, self-publishing, sexuality, Sherlock Holmes, sociopath, Stephen Quay, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Curious Case of Version 47.13, The Gentlemen, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Other Woman, The Quay Brothers, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Thomas Jonte, Thoughts of Tethys, Timothy Quay, To Be Undone By Such Small Things, Tokyo's Tokyo, transition as metaphor, Umbrella, Where the Wonder Women Are, wizarding gene
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Today is the last day of National Poetry Month. Have you been taking your poems? Tor.com closes out their celebration of NPM with “Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other, … Continue reading →
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Tagged academic journal subscriptions, Adam Mills, Annie Neugebauer, Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other American 1985, Better Homes and Gardens, book art, Book Mania!, Caitlín Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Caroline Whitney, Catherynne M. Valente, Chet Phillips, Christopher Meloni, Chuck Wendig, commercials, creativity, Dark Tower, David Lynch, E.O. Wilson, Faerie Girl, graphic novels, Harry Potter, Harvard University, In the House of Death, Jeff O'Neal, Jessica Abel, Joe Bolton, Krissy Brady, Lauren Faust, libraries, Little Red Riding Hood, Marauder's Map, Maria Ivanova, Mastering Comics, Matt Madden, men's adventure magazines, Metaphorest, Nadine Boughton, National Poetry Month, Neil Gaiman, Nigella Lawson, novella, Paul Kirsch, poetry, Rhiannon Alpers, sonnet, Stephen King, Super Best Friends, The Death of a Librarian, The Wind through the Keyhole, typewriters, Volvo, Wanderer, wedding invitations, Wild at Heart, You Are Not Your Bookshelf
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Whoa: Rob Mulholland created this installation to explore “the essence of who we are as individuals in relationship to others and our given environment.” These mirrored figures (six in … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Brief History of Monsters, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Alessandro Bavari, Alessandro Ferraro, Alessio Morglia, American Libraries, Annie Murphy Paul, Arthurian legends, Brian Azzarello, card catalog, Cartoon Network, Charles de Lint, Charlie Jane Anders, China Miéville, Chretien de Troyes, Christopher Barzak, Chuck Wendig, comics, creativity, DC Nation Shorts, Dial H for Hero, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Fantasy Art Now, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Helena Bonham Carter, Interfictions Zero, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, James Morrow, Jane Yolen, Jeanette Winterson, Jennifer Egan, Jennifer Miller, John Baer, John Steinbeck, Kit Steinkeller, Lauren Faust, libraries, literary magazines, Mercedes Lackey, Neil Gaiman, neuroscience, Neverwhere, Nick Ripatrazone, Organization, Out of Body, Raymond Carver, reading, Rob Mulholland, Sherwood Anderson, Small Notebook, Super Best Friends Forever, The Hanging Garden, The Palencar Project, Theodora Goss, Thomas Malory, throughline, Track Changes, Twelve Days of Monsters, Wallace Yovetich, Weird Fiction Review, William Randolph Hearst, Winesburg Ohio, Wonder Woman, writing, Young Justice
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Do your ears a favor right now and go listen to DJ Carlos Serrano’s awesomely superb mash-up of Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” and Daft Punk’s “Something about … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade and Festival, Adele, Ali Luke, alternate history, Babylon 5, Book Monster, bookmarks, BookRiot, Brit Mandelo, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carlos Serrano, cartography, Cathy Day, Charlie Jane Anders, Charlize Theron, Chris Buzelli, Chuck Wendig, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, commercials, Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar, creativity, Cynthia Kraack, Daft Punk, David Kowalski, David Malki!, Delenn, Downton Abbey, E.B. White, E.M. Forster, fairy tales, Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Heart of Darkness, humanities, Jack Finney, Jack Zipes, Jean Cocteau, Jodi Chromey, Joe Fassler, Joseph Conrad, Ken Parille, Kit Steinkeller, Korea National Ballet, Leigh Bardugo, Levi's Stretch to Fit jeans, maps, Maria Popova, masks (disturbing), Matt Switliski, Meghan Deans, MFA programs, Mike Mignola, Mirror Mirror, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nick Mamatas, Paul M. Raine, poetry, Rasputin, religion, show don't tell, Simon Whaley, Snow White, Snow White and the Huntsman, STEM, Strange Horizons, superheroes, The Comics Journal, The Company of the Dead, The Corinthian, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Sandman, The Universe, The X-Files, theMountainGoat, Theodora Goss, Thomas Jonte, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Victoria Strauss, Wondermark, word choice, zombies
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