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Magpie Monday on Wednesday
Welcome to another installment of Magpie Monday on Wednesday. Here’s your silverware and a napkin—now tuck in! ◊ SHE BLINDED ME … WITH SCIENCE! Astronomy: Gaze upon all of Mercury for the first time ever: Biology: Scientists discover an entire … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anne Neville, Bar None, Batgirl, Batman, Batwoman, Betty & Vernoica, biodiversity, bioluminescence, Boing Boing, BootlessinWonderland, Bottleneck Gallery, cake, Captain America, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Celia Moase, cheetah, Christopher Coleman, comic books (experimental), Convos with My 2-Year Old, Dame Judi Dench, dance, Deakin University Library, Dua's layer, Elizabeth Woodville, fairies, fireflies, Godzilla (1954), Gojira (1954), Google, Green Hill Cheese, ice sheets, Japan, Jawa (cake), Jill Thompson, John W. Doull Bookseller, Jorge Cham, Kate Beaton, Margaret Beaufort, Marko Manev, Mercury, Mick Gray, MivTheVampire, monotribe synthesizer (cake), Mutants, National Candy Month, National Confectioners Association, Nestlé Alpine White, Patrick Gleason, Pawws, PB Max, quantum physics, Sembikiya, Snow White, stereotypes, street art, Superman, Sushi Yasuda, Sweet Grass Dairy, The Court of Owls, The Mundaneum, The Secret Garden, The Simpsons, The Ventriloquist, The White Queen, trees, Troy McClure, Yume Cyan
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Magpie Monday
“He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary. His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.” ~Henry James Here are some shiny things that caught my eye … Continue reading →
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Tagged Action Comics #431, Akihiro Yanai, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, alternative history (ideas), American English vs. British English, animation, anthologies, Audible.com, Axel Medellin Machain, Barbarann Garrand, Beauty and the Beast, Ben Towle, Bluebeard Tales from Around the World, blushing, Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buttersafe, cake, Cameron Cook, candy (Hallowe'en), Captain America, Chris Dugas, Chuck Wendig, Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman, contact juggling, Coraline, Cthulu, Daily Science Fiction, David B. Coe, DC Women Kicking Ass, Don't bore Nina!, Dracula, Emily Carroll, Evil Dead II (1987), Fairy Tales for Twenty-Somethings, fairy-tale films, False Positive, film trailers, flax-golden tales, folie à deux, Frankenstorm, Frozen (Disney), Gabriela Pereira, Ghosts in the Machines by Neil Gaiman, Gizmo, Grant Snider, Gremlins, Halloween II (2009), Hansel & Gretel, Heidi Anne Heiner, Henry James, His Face All Red by Emily Carroll, horror fiction, horror films, Hush, intestinal microbiota transplantation, jack-o'-lanterns, Jane Sprague, Jeremy Enecio, Jon Neill, Leah Palmer Preiss, Leite's Culinaria, London fog, Long Fingers in Dark Shadows by Erin Morgenstern, magic tricks, Marc Basile, microbiology, Mike Walton, monsters (Jewish), monsters (North American), monsters (sexy), My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead, My Mother's Body by Christie Yant, Neil Gaiman, neuroscience, objective correlative, Obscurus Lupa, P. Craig Russell, Paranormal Activity, personal essay, Phone Booth by Holli Mintzer, placebo effect, portal fantasy, premenstrual syndrome, Project Runway, psychopathy, pumpkin carving, pumpkins, Ray Villafane, Rich Ferguson, serial killers, setting, shivers up the spine, Snickers, Snow White, SurLaLune Fairy Tales, Susan J. Morris, teeth, The Cannibal Innkeeper (Romania), The Chosen One by Huston Lowell, The Graveyard Book, The Lonton Lass, The Lord of Rosendal (Sweden), The New Kid Is No Angel by James Valvis, The Newsstand at Mike's Amazing World of Comics, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Shadowy Third by Ellen Glasgow, The Silk Nightcap, The Snow Queen, The Super Team Family Blog, The Terrible Old Man by H.P. Lovecraft, Thirteen at Table by Lord Dunsany, Thumbelina, Timothy Hooten, Tituba, Tom Gauld, Too Fond by Leanna Renee Hieber, Tor.com, toy collections, trolls, Trophy Wife by Samantha Murray, Troy Jensen, Walter Mitty, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket, Wicked Witch of the West, Wide Open by Deborah Coates, Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray Harker, Willy Wonka, Wizart Animation, Wonder Woman, writing prompts, you (plural), zombies
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ The 2012 Chelsey Awards were given last week in recognition of excellence in genre art. The winners produced quite an amazing collection of art to feast your eyes upon, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 30 Pounds of Human Tissue by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Dreams, A Wizard at War by A.M. Roelke, Adam Mills, AlphaBooks, autoerotic asphyxiation, Ben Towle, Birds and Birthdays, Bonnie Tyler, book cover art (design theories), Breaking the Frame by Kat Howard, Brothers Grimm, Cartographer's Ink by Beth Cato, Charlie Jane Anders, chocolate, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Barzak, Christopher Kubasik, Courtney Carpenter, Daily Science Fiction, Dark Phoenix, Dorothea Tanning, Edith Wharton's library, Electric Velocipede, electrified plants, Fin Fang Foom, forensics, genre, Grimm's Fairy Tales, haka, harvester ants, Heaven Under Earth by Aliette de Bodard, Hellboy, hermaphrodite sex, Hulu, I Dreamed the Moon by Julia Rios, Jabberwocky, James Scott Bell, Joe Bunting, John Bertram, L. Frank Baum, Lady Sif, Lee Pace, Legion by Brandon Sanderson, Legolas, Lightspeed, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita: Story of a Cover Girl, Marc Basile, Mary Shelley, Matt Damon, Matthew Olin, Michael Parkes, Michael Pollan, miniatures, Moonstruck (bronze) by Michael Parkes, mythology (world) cultural appropriation, Neil Rivas, New Zealand, Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmanuel Ambroise Diggs, Quebec City Magic Festival, Recovering Lolita, Royal New Zealand Infantry, Ryan Gosling, skin cake, Snow White, soft drinks, sperm, Stefan Tosheff, storm troopers, strokes, Superboy (new), Sutured Infection, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The 2012 Chelsey Awards, The Booth at the End, The Highly Sensitive Person and the Writer by Susan Sipal, The Hobbit (film), The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Spectre, The Super Team Family Blog, The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Three Graces (painting) by Michael Parkes, The Wizard of Oz, Theodora Goss, Thranduil, Tim Tadder, Tom Gauld, Total Eclipse of the Heart, travel writing, Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo, Undoing Winter by Shannon Connor Winward, Vampirella, Watching Rockets by John Philip Johnson, Water Wigs, webseries, Weird and Proud of It by Johanna Sinisalo, Weird Fiction Review, Where the Wonder Women Are, William Faulkner, Wonder Man, writing (novellas), writing (novels), writing (romance), writing (setbacks & stumbling blocks), writing (short stories), writing houses, Xander Berkeley
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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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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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