From ghoulies and ghosties And long-legged beasties And things that go bump in the night Good Lord, deliver us! – Traditional Scottish Prayer I’ve never met a ghoul and I have questions about long-legged beasties, but I can speak from… Read More ›
Supernatural
The Best of the Best of Connie Willis
The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories By Connie Willis, with an introduction by Connie Willis 496 pages — Publication Date: July 9, 2013 Available in hardcover and Kindle Reviewing this collection was a pleasure. I love Connie Willis’ writing. All… Read More ›
Trapped, Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 5, by Kevin Hearne
I got the notice from Amazon. Kevin Hearne’s latest new book in the series — HUNTED — was delivered to my Kindle today. I’m not going to have time to read it for a while. I have a long list… Read More ›
Rai Kirah: Transformation, Revelation, Restoration
This series is now available from Audible. com. I’m thrilled. I know where my credits are going for the forseeable future! I was delighted that Carol Berg is close to completing a new duology after a long interval. She is… Read More ›
Ghostly Portraits
Who is the shadowy figure in the window? Who has come to haunt me? Be it a ghost? Wraith? Recently risen undead? It is but the photographer herself, haunted by her reflections as she contemplates the strangely distorted reality viewed… Read More ›
The Iron Druid Chronicles — Hounded to Trapped — by Kevin Hearne
The Iron Druid Chronicles includes (to date) five books: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, and Trapped. The books follow the adventures of the last of the Druids,a 2100-year-old survivor of the Roman massacre of the Druids back in the reign of Claudius… Read More ›
Dirk Gently – Holistic Detective, Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detection Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul published in 1987 and 1988. It was originally intended to be a trilogy (The Salmon of Doubt was to be the third book in the series) but… Read More ›
The 20 Best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Last Decade
See on Scoop.it – Books, Writing, and Reviews We are in the midst of a glorious Golden Age of paranormal fantasy—the last ten years, specifically, in genre fiction have been nothing short of landscape-changing. The days of rigidly defined categories… Read More ›
Back to the Zone
When I was first married, we lived in an apartment on the second floor of a building at the end of a long hallway. It was in one of two identical buildings. We lived in apartment 2Q, a corner apartment. It had… Read More ›
The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta), 2011
The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta) is a supremely dark movie, literally and figuratively. The subject is dark and most of the movie takes place in dim light or actual darkness. At first glance, I thought it was going to be… Read More ›
Harry Dresden’s Magical Chicago
I was feeling a bit forlorn after I completed Mike Carey‘s Felix Castor series until Harry Dresden tapped me on the shoulder and invited me into the world created for him by author Jim Butcher. As I read my way through the entire series, 14… Read More ›
What universe is this?
When I was first married we lived in an apartment on the second floor of a building that was one of two identical brick buildings. We lived in apartment 2Q, at the far end of the hallway … a corner apartment… Read More ›
When I Could Fly
Do you remember flying? I do. When I was very young, before I was five, I could fly. I remember clearly. I could close my eyes, think “up in the air” and fly. I never doubted that I could. After I started school, I… Read More ›
Into The Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond, Kim Harrison
Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison As a matter of personal and very subjective taste, I’m not a fan of short stories even by authors I love. I read them anyway, but I read too… Read More ›
Meet Harry Dresden … and Jim Butcher
This is the “not official” but incredibly cool video for Jim Butcher‘s “Cold Days.” This is the Harry Dresden I have always seen in my mind’s eye … as opposed to the TV version. Tall, with his rings, his staff,… Read More ›
Everything You Wanted to Know About Everything Worth Knowing
I originally wrote this when I had more or less no readers. So, I figure it deserves another go round. It was fun to write and maybe you’ll find it fun to read. – I’m the kind of person who… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 