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Magpie Monthly — November 2015
I love this little thief by Niroot Puttapipat. If you like his work (and you should—it’s phenomenal), please check out his beautiful cut-paper holiday books: The Night Before Christmas (US 2007), Jingle Bells (US 2015), and The Nutcracker (UK 2015). … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alejandro García Restrepo, Amazon bookstore, Andy George, Arrow, Baba Yaga, book blurbs, centaurs, Chris Pine, dance mashup, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Dominic Purcell, Edward Gorey, Elena Anaya, Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier, Gal Gadot, Ganymede, George Méliès, Hedi Xandt, Ina Garten, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Keep Calm, Legends of Tomorrow, Mad Libs, Mallory Ortberg, Mikhail Bulgakov, miniatures, Moerkey, Moscow, Niroot Puttapipat, Robin Wright, Roman Papsuev, The Barefoot Contessa, The Flash, The Gay Agenda, The Master and Margarita, The Simpsons, Tim Fitzgerald, trash, Wentworth Miller, Wonder Woman, Zolloc
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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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Tagged Abbey Library of St. Gall (Switzerland), advice columns, Allen Butt, Anakana Schofield, animation, Aquaman, Art Baltazar, Ask Baba Yaga, Aubrey Plaza, Aw Yeah Comics, Awesome People Reading, Baba Yaga, band names, Beautiful Libraries, Beauty and the Beast (song), Benedict Cumberbatch, bernardk78, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Book Mania!, Building a library is the sanest form of hoarding. - Rachel's mother, Burka Avenger, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Canadian Library of Parliament (Ottawa), Carlo Carlei, Catherynne M. Valente, Celia Basto, chapter length, Charles Xavier, Charlize Theron, Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte Rampling, Chateau de Fontainebleau, Chuck Palahniuk, Chuck Wendig, Corey Hart, cupcakes, Cynthia Kraack, D. Thomas Minton, Daily Science Fiction, Daria, Daria's High School Reunion, DC Women feminism, DC Women Kicking Ass, Donal Ryan, Dr. Beverly Crusher, dubstep, dust jackets, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Asher-Perrin, Emily Brontë, Emmanuelle, Eric Brown, Erin Morgenstern, Evangeline Walton, Fight Club, file types, film trailers, Flavia Dzodan, flax-golden tales, Franco, Gail Simone, gallery walls, Gates McFadden, George R. R. Martin, Greg Ruth, Hayley Atwell, how about we don't do things?, How German Sounds Compared To Other Languages, Hugo Weaving, I do NOT have too many books!, Ian McKellan, Idris Elba, If Anyone Falls (song), image-wrap covers, Instead of doing things, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Itty Bitty Hellboy, jacketless hardcovers, James McAvoy, Jane Eyre, Jeffrey Ford, Jill Harness, John Jude Palencar, John Stewart (Green Lantern), Joseph Huppard, Kelly Link, Kunstkammer (Cabinet of Curiosity), kylaiajmaa, la Bibliothèque de Napoleon, Labyrinth, Liam Neeson, libraries, Linda Sienkiewicz, Lisa Romeo, LitReactor, Little Book of Rules, Loki, Louis XVI, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Maggie Smith, Magneto, Man Booker Prize, Marc-Antoine Poulin, Martha Stewart, Marvel One Shot: Agent Carter, Marvel Women feminism, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Dean, Mike Jacobsen, Minerva McGonagall, motivation, movie posters, music videos, Napoleon, Niccolò Machiavelli, No, OCD, Once Upon a Blog, Orphan Black, Patrick Stewart, prop library, Rachelle Gardner, reading nooks, rejection, Romeo and Juliet (2013), Rose Byrne, Rose Lemberg, Runaway Bunny, Russell Hinson, Sarah Pinsker, SFCB, Share Your Shelf, She Walks in Darkness, Sherlock, Stand Back (song), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Steampunk, Steven Mathes, Stevie Nicks, story methods (unconventional), StreetDance, Sunglasses at Night (song), Superhero Tan Lines, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Taisia Kitaiskaia, The Hairpin, The Lost Boy, The Super Team Family Blog, The Turning, The Watcher, Thomas Canty, Thor, Tim Winton, Tom Canty, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, traditional gender rolls, Two Delighted, Uatu, unclutterer, USB dead drop, Warren Ellis, Watchmen, weddings, What Rachel Reads, Wonder Woman, word count, writing space, Wuthering Heights, X-Men: Days of Future Past, you're too old for this crap
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Magpie Monday on Thursday: Art Objects
For Angela Still, who celebrates another year of fabulousness today! ◊ BABA YAGA. As you know, I adore Baba Yaga. I can’t tell you why, but I do. And I also adore Forest Rogers’ work, and I especially adore her … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Game of Thrones, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Amherst College, Andy Warhol, Angela Deufresne, assemblage sculpture, Baba Yaga, Bela Borsodi, Benjamin Lacombe, Bill Viola, Bleeding Cool, Boing Boing, book trailers, Bruce Nauman, Chantal Akerman, Chris Burden, Christian Marclay, clockwork, Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia, Colin Campbell, collage, Cory Arcangel, Dan Graham, David Hall, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Ellie Lane, Flavorwire, Forest Rogers, Gary Hill, General Idea, Gillian Wearing, Illustration Master Class, Jamie Diamond, Jeremy Meyer, Joan Jonas, John Baldessari, John William Keedy, Jon Uriarte, Joseph Beuys, Justin Gershenson-Gates, Kevin LCK, Lisa Steele, Little Red Riding Hood, mantis, Marina Abramovic and Ulay, Martha Rosler, Matthew Barney, Matthew Rose, Meg Cowell, Memory Palace, Miranda July, Modern Eden Gallery, My Modern Met, Nam Jun Paik, Omer Fast, Paco Pomet, Peter Campus, Peter Weibel, Pipilotti Rist, Richard Serra, Scott McCloud, sculpture, Soey Milk, surrealism, The Graveyard Book, The Nostalgist, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Unwrapped Sky, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Vasilisa, video art, Vito Acconci, VLP, William Wegman, Wolf Vostell
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Hungry at Daily Science Fiction
My story “Hungry” is now live at Daily Science Fiction; you can check it out at the link. Here are my comments on the story, which are also at the bottom of the aforementioned link: Most of my creative work centers … Continue reading →
Posted in Fairy Tales, Fiction
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Tagged Angela Carter, Arthur Rackham, Baba Yaga, Daily Science Fiction, fairy tales, Hansel and Gretel, Hungry, James Patrick Kelly, Stonecoast MFA, The Bloody Chamber
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♥ Art I Loved This Week. Love is in the air (or maybe that’s just global warming), and in celebration here are some art pieces I discovered recently and who … Continue reading →
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
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Tagged A Soft World, Academy of American Poets, Adam Mills, Aimee Bender, Aimee Payne, Aino's Complaint, Alfred Hitchcock, Alice Walker, Amanda Conner, Amy Lowell, Anne Hathaway, As If All Questions Have Answers by David Barber, author websites, B2 Boutique Hotel Zurich (Library Lounge), Baba Yaga, Bakingdom, Beatrix Potter, Ben Burgis, Ben Franke, Big Barda, BlackBerry, blogging, Blood and Bone by Ian Cameron Esslemont, Book of Love, book piracy, book shelves, bookcases, Bookshelf blog, Bookshelf Porn, Brother and Sister by Terri WIndling, butterbeer, Cameron Cook, Carey Farrell, CatCase, Cathy Day, Ceres, chocolate cauldron cakes, Chu's Day, Chuck Wendig, cockroach clusters, collage, Cool Unicorn Bruv, Daily Science Fiction, David Anthony Durham, David Kracov, David Malki!, Dormammu, Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos, Edna St. Vincent Millay, elephants, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Horne, Emma Fitzpatrick, Erin Underwood, Experience by Ephiny Gale, flax-golden tales, Futuredaze, Gail Carriger, Goodreads, Grant Snider, Hannah Strom-Martin, Harry Potter, Hera, Homeland by Cory Doctorow, In Search Of and Others, izbushka, Janet Jackson, Jarrett Williams, Jess Wellington, Joel Robison, Joey Comeau, Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Kate Beaton, Kate McGarrigle, Lady Sif, Last Train to Jubilee Bay by Kali Wallace, LBi UK, libraries, Love Will Be There in the Morning by Erin Morgenstern, Love's Footsteps by Cat Rambo, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Marcus Sedgwick, Marie Brennan, Martha Wainwright, Matthu Placek, Midwinterblood, Misty Knight, music videos, N.K. Jemisin, Nasty (song), Neil Gaiman, ninjas, Notorious (1946), Paintwork by Tim Maughan, parkour, Parkour Motion, Paul Kirsch, Presbyterian College, Proserpina (song), Quicksilver, Rachelle Gardner, reading nooks, Russian folklore, Ruth MacKenzie, Scott Faulkner, Season of Mists, short films, Spider-Man, Substitutes by Colin P. Davies, Super Punch, Tait Howard, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett, The Fearless Defenders, The Film Doctor, The Kalevala, The Letter by Amy Lowell, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Mouth Open by Helen Marshall, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Sandman, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer, treacle tarts, typography, Valkyrie, Vasily Kozin, Victorian etiquette, Weird Fiction Review, When We Wake by Karen Healey, Where the Wonder Women Are, White as Snow Red as Blood by Melissa Mead, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, Wondermark, X-Men, Zachary Jernigan
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