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Magpie Monday
Ah, the last few days of July, soon to give way to what will possibly be some true dog days of Summer. In light of that, let’s stay indoors and enjoy the treasures brought to us by the interwebs all … Continue reading →
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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
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Michael Cunningham is one of my favorite authors (I have not read By Nightfall yet, so don’t tell me about it), and when I saw a link to a … Continue reading →
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Tagged AlphaBooks, Ben Towle, Benedict Cumberbatch, brand (authors), business cards, Caravaggio, Christopher Boffoli, Chuck Wendig, Clark&Kent, comics (writing), Connie Willis, Disparity, Doomsday Book, Dr. Dillamond, Dylan Meconis, Elizabeth Hand, Franz Kafka, Gregory Maguire, HGTV, honeybees, House Hunters, House Hunters International, Jo Walton, Joshua Simpson, Kathy Keatley Garvey, Kickstarter, Leda, libraries, LitReactor, magazines, Michael Cunningham, Miss Aniela, Neal Patrick Harris, Neil Gaiman, Outfoxed, peanut butter cups, platform (authors), Postcard Stories, Renaissance painters, Robert Jackson Bennett, Roberto Ferri, Scott McCloud, SF Signal, swans, The Crying of Lot 49, The Metamorphosis, Thomas Pynchon, Tony Awards, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Will Ludwigsen, Work in Progress (FSG)
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ More sad news last week: iconic author Ray Bradbury died June 5th at the age of 91. The interwebs were ablaze with appreciations, essays, obituaries, reflections and tributes, the … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I came across so many wonderful images of bookshelves this week I didn’t know what to do with myself. Here are three that really struck my fancy: The first … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Scott, AlphaBooks, Andrew Marvell, Annalee Newitz, author notebooks, Batman, Ben Towle, Benjamin Lacombe, Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Bookshelf blog, Cameron Cook, Charlie Jane Anders, children's books (French), children's books (German), children's books (terrifying), Chocorua Review, Chuck Wendig, Cliff Chiang, Damien G. Walter, DC Comics, deaths (weird), Der Struwwelpeter, Diane Dillon, DIY MFA, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Ellen Von Unwerth, Emily Brontë, Eva Sangnoir, fairy tales, fairy tales (disturbing), fairy tales (horror), fairy-tale films, fairy-tale illustration, film trailers, Fugu & Tako, Gavin Aung Than, goatee (evil), Green Lantern, growing cabinet, Hurry Up We're Dreaming, Irene Gallo, James Joyce, Jenny Chen, Jo Walton, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Katherine Langrish, Keira Knightley, Leah Palmer Preiss, Leo Dillon, Leopold Bloom, LitReactor, M83, Mansa Musa, Margo Lanagan, Matej Kren, Midnight City, Neil Gaiman, Nicholas Rombes, Nick Mamatas, poets (humor), Prague Municipal Library, puffer fish, Radio Free Other, Reunion, ROBOT, selkies, Shiba Ryotaro, Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum, Snow White, Superdickery, superheroes (gay), The Brides of Rollrock Island, The Evelyn Variant, The Girl Who Spun Gold, The Onion, The Runaways, The Tyger, Theodora Goss, Time time time see what's become of me, To His Coy Mistress, Ulysses, Van Dyke (evil), Warren Ellis, Wicker Man, William Blake, writing (autobiographical elements), writing (cover letters), writing (crime), writing (dialogue), writing (emotion), writing (mood), writing (novels in verse), writing (novels), writing (preparing for a career), writing workshops, Wuthering Heights
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