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Magpie Monday
Happy Magpie Monday, everyone! ♦ THE NINTH ART. For me, the big comics news last week (well, the week before last; I ran out of space and time to post everything I wanted to last week) was the reveal of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adam Hughes, Angel, Austenland, Barbara A. Barnett, Barefoot Contessa, Batman: Hoarder, beer-flavored marshmallows, Beware the Batman, Bite Club, Black Canary, Blade Runner, Bon Appétit, book trailers, Cake Central, Cartoon Network, Cécile Cristofari, chocolate peanut butter truffle pie, Clyde S. Shield, coconut cupcakes, coconut mojitos, coconut sorbet, crispy chocolate marshmallow treats, Daily Science Fiction, Dame Helen Mirren, Damn Fine Coffee, David G. Uffelman, DC Nation Shorts, Death Star, eating alone, Edgar Wright, Erin Morgenstern, Everyday Food, flax-golden tales, frozen strawberry bars, Geoff Johns, George Pérez, Gina Torres, Harry Potter, Hawgirl, Holly Black, How Sweet It Is, J.H. Williams III, J.K. Rowling, Jabba the Hutt (cake) AT-AT (cake), Jay Larson, Joy the Baker, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Kazu Kibuishi, Kerry Callen, lasagna grilled cheese, Letters of Note, Machine Man, Mailbooks for Good, Martha Stewart, Matt Mikalatos, Melissa Mead, mint sugar, Mockingbird, neOnicO, oneoffkritik, OpenBook Chair, Pastry Affair, pie, Pokémon, PopChartLab, pub snacks, raspberry shortcakes, Rorscharch, s'mores, Saga, Sandman, sandwiches, Speedrun, Studio Tilt, Super Punch, Susan Palwick, Teen Titans, The Atom, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Giant-Size Omnibus of Superpowers, The Grandmaster, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Phantom Stranger, The Sandman: Overture, The Super Team Family Blog, The World's End, Tor.com, Toxic Sweets Shop, Trinity War, Twin Peaks, Two Delighted, Wonder Woman
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Magpie Monday
Monday morning has broken, like the first morning Magpie has spoken, like the first bird* Welcome to another week-long Magpie Monday fest (well, Friday is only Video Friday, but a week full of posts!). Please to enjoy these dainty dishes … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Alice Munro, Ampisound, Amy Winfrey, Andi Smith, Apex Magazine, armor, Benjamin Roy Lambert, bonsai trees, book shelves, bookcases, Brit Mandelo, Cat Stevens, Catherynne M. Valente, Cathy Day, Christopher Barzak, Colin Heck, Convos with My 2-Year Old, Daily Science Fiction, Dale Irby, Damien Walters Grintalis, Das ist mir Wurst (This is sausage to me), Dave Waite, Derrick Brown, Dominique Whitten, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Erin Morgenstern, female power, first-draft maps, flax-golden tales, Georgina Bruce, Gloria Bigelow, Grant Lyon, Grant Snider, Haikus of Regret, Henrietta Bean, io9, It Gets Better, It Gets Worse, J.D. Hancock, J.T. Howard, James Kingston, Jane Yolen, Jaym Gates, Kate Lebo, Ken To, Lady Snowblood, Lee Hallison, Letters of Note, Lightspeed, Liz Belsky, Louise Richardson, Marly Youmans, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Maureen McGovern, Nathan Ballingrud, Neil Gaiman, neo-noir fiction, Nightmare Magazine, ninjas, parkour, PetaPixel, Poets & Writers, readings, Richard Burton, Rusell Hinson, Samuel Bean, samurai, Sarah Monette, social media, Stephen P. Kiernan, Steve Grand, Susanna Bean, Sydney Smith, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Goblin Market, The Lord of the Rings Online, The Mary Sue, The Nymphs, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Puzzle Tombstone, Tina Fey, Tom Gauld, Tommy James & The Shondells, Tor.com, Usman T. Malik, vercingertorix09, Violet Baudelaire, Wanda Sykes, Weird Fiction Review, Wesley Burt, Will Ludwigsen, William Shakespeare
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Magpie Monday
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. *I’ll have a full slate of posts again this week, so check back tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for more tantalizing tidbits. ♦ TURN THE PAGE. Looking for a … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Softer World, Andrew Gilstrap, Anne Tyler, aspect ratio, Audrey Tautou, author photos, Bart van Es, Batman, Batman/Superman (preview), Bee Wilson, bees, bidets, Bill Bernbach, Boing Boing, book promotion, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Byzantium (film), calories, Cate Blanchett, Catwoman, chatelaine, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Chuck Wendig, Consider the Fork, Daily Science Fiction, Dalek dress, Dave Hax, Dave McKean, deer doing odd things, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, elves, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erin Underwood, Ernest Hemingway, escapism, Farah Mendlesohn, Fascinating, fetuses, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Gail Carriger, Grá Linnaea, Hall and Oates, Harry Potter, Heiresses of Russ, Helen Mirren, Hogarth Shakespeare, io9, Iron Man 3, J.M. Sidorova, James McAdam, Jeanette Winterson, Jeff Pruitt, Jem and the Holograms, Joey Comeau, John Hess, Joseph Campbell, Jug Face (film), lava, Leonard Woolf, Letters of Note, lightning deaths, Luca Parmitano, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Madeline Ashby, mantis shrimp, Marissa Meyer, Matt Smith, Melissa Mead, memory, Monomyth, motivational penguin, Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, outlining, Paula Treick DeBoard, Radio Free Other, Red 2, Richard Lee Byers, Robin Mizell, Safe Bedside Table, Seinfeld, Shirley Jackson, shirt folding, snow leopards, Spock, Superman, Tara Calaby, Terry Jacks, The DeFranco Family, The Fall (film), The Film Doctor, The Hobbit (film), The Mourning Hours, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Sandman, The Super Team Family Blog, The Wasp, Thérèse, Toni Tesori, Tor.com, universe colliding, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, William Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, World War Z
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Belgian artist Stéphane Halleux creates wonderful, whimsical sculptures, vaguely Steampunkish in design. He started working first in animation, but now creates his sculptures full time. If you speak French, … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday
“There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir, / We must rise and follow her; / When from every hill of flame, / She calls and calls each vagabond by name.” ~William Bliss Carman Here are some shiny … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Wrinkle in Time (graphic novels), abstract, Alan Moore, Alfred Hitchcock, Ali Smith style vs. content, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, Babylon 5, Ben Towle, body parts (cakes), Bug, Building Stories, Cameron Cook, candy corn, Caroline Todd Whitney, Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network (20th anniversary), Charlie Jane Anders, Chinua Achebe, chocolate, Chris Ware, Christopher Lee, Chuck Wendig, comma (direct address), concrete, costumes, Daily Science Fiction, David Malki!, Delta Rae, Dolores Umbridge, Dorothy Booraem, dystopias (anthology), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Ellen Datlow, Eva Gabrielson, Falling Kingdoms (excerpt) by Morgan Rhodes, False Positive, fanged pumpkins, film trailers, flax-golden tales, forensics, foxes, Frances Glessner Lee, Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Google, grammar, Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en poetry, Harry Potter, hedgehog, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock (film), Hope Larson, Insidious, io9, Jenny Volvovski, Jessica Tremp, John Perry, Josephine Pennicott, Julia Rothman, Katherine Langrish, Keanu Reeves (in miniature), Kelly Williams, Kevin Armistead, Kim Newman, kissing, Krampus: The Yule Lord (excerpt) by Brom, Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, letters, Letters of Note, Lisa Morton, Little Nemo in Google-land, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Look At This Little Thing!, lucid dreaming, Mama's Science by Shane D. Rhinewald, Marc Basile, Margaret Ferguson, Martha Stewart, mass extinction, Matt Lamothe, Meagan Spooner, Mike Walton, monsters, monsters (Antarctica), monsters (Australia), Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (excerpt) by Robin Sloan, music videos, Myke Cole, NaNoWriMo, Nathan and the Amazing TechnoPocket NerdCoat by K.J. Kabza, Neil Gaiman, Not the Destination by Richard E. Gropp, Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse, Of Dolls & Murder (documentary), On Your Desk series, Promethea, pumpkins, Rachelle Gardner, Radio Free Other, Ray Villafane, Rebecca Artemisa, Russell Hinson, Ryan Britt, Sam Wolk, sandwich caddy, Scraps by Michael Haynes, Shelob, Skylark (novel), STDs (cupcakes), Stephen Jones, Stieg Larsson, story-starters, Straw Dogs, Structured Procrastination, Terri Windling-Gayton, ThanksKilling, The Big Bang Theory (TV show), The Consultant (a poem) by Jessy Randall, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hanging Garden, The Last Sunflower by Erin Morgenstern, The Lord of the Rings, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, The Paris Review, The Where, the Why and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science, This Cape is Red Because I've Been Bleeding, Tim Burton, Tim Callahan, Tom Piccirilli, Tor.com, Trick'r'Treat, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, Ungoliant, Uriens, vampire pumpkins, vampires, Victoriana, webcomics, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, What the Sea Wants by P. Djélì Clark, William Bliss Carman, Winsor McCay, wolves, Wondermark
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