Contact Me
December 2024 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -
Recent Posts
Archives
- January 2023
- March 2019
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- October 2014
- August 2014
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- May 2011
- September 2009
Categories
Blogroll & Websites
- Adam Mills
- Angela Still
- Cabinet des Fees
- Caitlín R. Kiernan
- Cameron B. Cook
- Carole Maso
- Caroline Whitney
- Catherynne M. Valente
- Charles de Lint
- Christopher Barzak
- Cynthia Kraack
- Edward & Amelia vs. The Vampire King
- Elizabeth Hand
- Eljay Daly
- Ellen Datlow
- Ellen Kushner
- Greer Gilman
- J. Stephen Rhodes
- James Patrick Kelly
- Kate Bernheimer
- Kelly Link
- Mary Robinette Kowal
- Matt Switliski
- Nancy Holder
- Neil Gaiman
- Paul Kirsch
- Poppy Z. Brite
- Radio Free Other
- SurLaLune Fairy Tales
- Terri Windling
- Theodora Goss
- Tom Perrotta
- Underwords
- Will Ludwigsen
- Zachary Jernigan
- Zoran Zivkovic
- "How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, trans. M.D. Herter Norton
Tag Archives: All Hallow’s Read
Magpie Monthly — October 2015
Posted in Magpie Monday
Tagged All Hallow's Read, Baba Yaga's Assistant (2015), Benedict Cumberbatch, Boxcar Press, Brian Michael Bendis, Daryl Toh, Disney Princesses, Ed Harrington, Elizabeth Hand, Emily Carroll, House Hunters, IKEA, Intoverted Wife, Jeffrey Thomas, Jessica Jones, John Kenn Mortensen, Juan Santapau, Krysten Ritter, Mallory Ortberg, Marika McCoola, Martin Freeman, Mary Rickert, Matt Bellassai, Michael Gaydos, Mike Colter, Sherlock, Shirley Jackson, The Magicians, The Memory Garden (2014), The Secret Knots, Whine About It (webseries), Wylding Hall (2015)
Comments Off on Magpie Monthly — October 2015
Happy Hallowe’en!
“That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main … Continue reading
Posted in Happy Hallowe'en
Tagged All Hallow's Read, Andrew Bell, Angelo Badalamenti, Ask Baba Yaga, Biffno, Call Me on the Ouija Board, Carey Farrell, cello, Down Among the Dead Men, Emily Carroll, Erin Morgenstern, flax-golden tales, Goblin Fruit, Grant Snider, Hershey's Kisses, In Search Of and Others, Kit Kat, Lindsay Duncan, Max Lilja, Mike Norton, Neil Gaiman, Neverwear, Nino Sarabutra, Once Upon a Blog, Out of Skin by Emily Carroll (webcomic), Ray Bradbury, Revival (comic book), Sean Von Gorman, Sharon Needles, Stephen King, Stranger Factory, Taisia Kitaiskaia, The Hairpin, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The October Country, The Reflecting Skin, Tim Seeley, Twin Peaks, Viggo Mortensen, What Will You Leave Behind? (installation), Will Ludwigsen, Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback
Comments Off on Happy Hallowe’en!
Magpie Monday
“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ All Hallow’s Read. … Continue reading
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
Tagged All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, anatomy, astronomy, Banshee, Bean Sidhe, Bell Witch of Tennessee, Ben Towle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blue Sand by Caroline M. Yoachim, book edit, Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Cameron Cook, cannibalism, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel #9 (cover), Caput Mortuum by Andrew Kaye, Cat Burglar Black, chapters in novels (writing), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Christian Sager, Chuck Wendig, coma, Coraline, costumes, Daily Science Fiction, David Aja, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive (aka Braindead), death, depression, Doctor Strange, ducks (physics), Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elsa Lanchester, Erin Morgenstern, Event Horizon, Farmer's Daughter by Brian Luong, film trailers, flax-golden tales, folklore, forensics, Forest Rogers, Gail Carriger, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Goblin Fruit, Halloween (2007), Hawkeye #7 (cover), heterochromia, History of the Kings of Britain, horror fiction, Invisible Woman, IQ tests, Ivan Ewert, James Whale, Jamie McKelvie, John Keats, Jordie Bellaire, Judy Drood, Leah Palmer Preiss, Lemony Snicket, literary foundation, Lost and Found by Jamie Todd Rubin, Macdonald Triad, Mad Night, Marc Basile, Margaret Atwood, Marie Brennan, medieval weapons, memory, microbial ecosystem, Mike Bell, Mike Walton, monsters (African), Natasha Hawley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Gaiman, nightmares, Ode to a Nightingale, organ regeneration, Peculia, poetry, postcards, prison slang, production plan, Psycho (1998), PTSD, pumpkins, Rachelle Gardner, RescueTime, Richard Sala, Roald Dahl, Rosemary's Baby, Scenting the Dark by Mary Robinette Kowal, sculpture, Shimmer by Amanda C. Davis, Sigmund Freud, Sinister, Su Blackwell, Superman, suspending disbelief, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Baskerville Effect, The Bride (1985), The Bride of Frankenstein, The Chuckling Whatsit, The Emperor's Soul (excerpt) by Brandon Sanderson, The Ghastly Ones and Other Fiendish Frolics, The Hidden, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Ring (2002), The Super Team Family Blog, The Velveteen Rabbit, Theodora Goss, tongue twisters, Tor.com, Twitter fiction, vampires, Violet Beauregarde, Vortigern, Vulcan, wedding invitations, weddings (Hallowe'en-themed), werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Wonder Woman, Wreck-It Ralph
Comments Off on Magpie Monday