So this week I was reading That Wicked Apple, the second in a long series of short books by Rob E. Boley in which the characters from classic fairy tales such as Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, etc., have to deal with a zombie apocalypse. Because of course they do.
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Your Independence Day Guide To Picking A Noisy Movie
So last week, as everyone in the United States is no doubt aware, we celebrated Independence Day. This involves fireworks. Lots and lots of fireworks. These fireworks may be shot off by your town or municipality, your local businesses, and, of course, your neighbors, and many pets find the noise stressful, including our dog Lulu (the rest of our animals, including former street dog Bean, don’t care that much). We planned ahead for this by getting her a quick-acting prescription medication for her nerves that can be applied half an hour before fireworks are expected to start, and also by lining up a noisy movie for us to watch during festivities. But which one to choose?
Continue reading “Your Independence Day Guide To Picking A Noisy Movie”Teaser Tuesday: “Vita Nostra”
So this week I was reading Vita Nostra, by the Ukrainian authors Marina Dyachenko & Sergey Dyachenko, with a translation by Julia Meitov Hersey. The premise of this book is, basically, that a seemingly ordinary girl, Sasha Samokhina, meets a mysterious figure named Farit who informs her (more or less; more less than more) that:
- Magic is real; and
- She has to go to a remote college to learn it. Like, literally has to. They won’t let her not.*
If you are thinking, Oh, I’ve read this story before … Trust me, you haven’t.
Whoa Nelly!
So for the last week or two we’ve been watching this show on Disney+ called Renegade Nell:
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So this week I was reading Fool Moon, the second book Jim Butcher’s “Harry Dresden” series, which as far as I know I am the last person in the fantasy-reading-world to read.
Teaser Tuesday: “The Necessary Beggar”
So this week I was reading The Necessary Beggar, by Susan Palwik, a fantasy novel in which, as the result of a heinous crime, a family from the paradisaical city of Lémabantunk is sentenced to be cast into an interdimensional portal and banished forever to … Reno.
Not A Review Of The Trailer For “Godzilla x Kong”
So the other day, I happened to catch the trailer for the upcoming film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Whaddya think? Does it look like something I would watch?
Teaser Tuesday: “The Shadow of the Wind”
So this week I was reading The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Luis Zafón:
Random Rejection: Maelstrom Magazine, “Love and the Tides of Darkness”
It’s been a while since I reached into my giant stack of rejection letters, so I decided it was time to consult the Gods of Randomness to see which section and document I should pull out and scan for everyone’s edification. This week, they chose the letter “M” and the eighth position, which is somewhat appropriate, since that rejection was for a short story called “Love and the Tides of Darkness” (hereafter “LatToD”) that I originally wrote specifically for an anthology called On the Eighth Day, the theme of which was something to the effect of “What happened after the end of the beginning of the Old Testament?”, or something like that. (Hey, it was a long time ago, I don’t remember exactly.) In a nutshell, the concept of “LatToD” is that, near the end of the 20th Century, a potential new Savior of Mankind is born. Heaven sends an angel to guard him, and Hell sends a demon to assassinate him; but the angel and the demon turn out to have been romantic partners, back before The Fall, and they end up getting so sidetracked in squabbling with each other that neither one of them carries out their mission, leaving said potential Savior to go ahead and completely screw up his life all on his own.
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So recently (well, by the time this appears, probably around a month) ago, I was reading New Watch, the fifth book in the “Night Watch” trilogy*, by Sergei Lukyanenko, translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield:
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Viscosity 