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Magpie Monday
Here’s what shiny that caught my eye last week: ♦ A Month of Letters. In just a few days, February will close and the 2013 Month of Letters Challenge will end. I’ve been very good, mailing something every day the … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Cactus Garden by Jo Bannister, A Calendar of Tales, A Hairy Predicament by Melissa Mead, A Scandal in Belgravia, A Softer World, Aaron Hamburger, Adam Mills, Adam Rifkin, aircraft carriers (ice), Alyson Macdonald, Amazon, Angela Taratuta, anime, Apartment Therapy, aria, astonomy, Astro Boy, Babylon 5, bananas, Barton Fink, Ben Frost, BlackBerry, blogging, book shelves, book stairs, bookcases, Caitlín R. Kiernan, cake, Cameron Cook, Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Cathy Day, Chet Phillips, China Miéville, Chris Claremont, Chris Turner, Chuck Wendig, cinematography, corn pops, crows, cupcakes, Daily Science Fiction, Dan May, Darren Di Lieto, David Malki!, David Silverman, Diva Plavalaguna, Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi), Doctor Strange, download wristbands, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, entomology, Erin Underwood, Ernest Hemingway, Europa (moon), Fables and Reflections, Facebook, fail better, false memories, female gaze, Fiddleblack, Firefly, Five Minutes by Conor Powers-Smith, flax-golden tales, For the People by Ronald D. Ferguson, Francesca Ramos, fruit flies, Gabriel Rodriguez, Garry Milne, ghosts, Grant Snider, Hannah Strom-Martin, Hans Zimmer, Helen Friel, Helsinki Bus Station Theory, Hideous Interview with Brief Man by Nick Mamatas, how to recognize insane people (1883), Ian Withrow, In Search Of and Others, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, Jason Howard, Jess Deacon, Jo Walton, John Yeoman, Jupiter (planet), Leeloo, Linus, Literary Citizenship, Locke & Key, Ludovico Einaudi, Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare", Mail Me Art, mandala, Mangalores, Maps by Beth Cato, Mathias Malzieu, Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire, Nancy Fouts, Nazis, Neil Gaiman, Nick Loven, Nielsen ratings, No Return, oncology, parasitology, Paris, Paul Kirsch, Peanuts, Photon (Monica Rambeau), physics, Pink Bunny, platform (authors), psychology, Rachelle Gardner, red velvet cake, Remembrance Is Something Like a House by Will Ludwigsen, Revolution (Life Cycle of a Drop of Water), Roger Deakens, Scatterlands, Serenity, Shane Koyczan, Sherlock, Snow, snowflakes, socialist reading, SoundCloud, Stonecoast MFA, Sylvia Linsteadt, Terri Windling-Gayton, That's Nerdalicious, The Afrika Reich by Guy Saville, The Art of Wishing by Lindsay Ribar, The Fifth Element, The Film Doctor, The Gray Fox Epistles, The Little Chimp Society, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Needs of Hollow Men by K.A. Rundell, The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett, The Sandman, The Shape Stealer by Lee Carroll, The Simpsons, The Super Team Family Blog, The Universe, The Water that Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu, Three Small Deaths on the Back Gate by Erin Morgenstern, Tim Callahan, To This Day Project, Tom Gauld, Toni Morrison, Tor.com, tumblr, Tunes for a Monday Morning, Warren Ellis, Will Ludwigsen, Winston Churchill, Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, word count (novels), Written in Red by Anne Bishop, xkcd, Young Avengers, Zachary Jernigan, Zatanna
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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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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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