Where Fiction and Reality Meet
There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. – Bram Stoker I haven’t decided yet whether it’s a brave move to introduce yet another vampire tale to the already brimming paranormal fiction pool, or if the Twilight and Vampire Diaries furor has finally died down enough that the market... Continue Reading →
There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. – Bram Stoker I haven’t decided yet whether it’s a brave move to introduce yet another vampire tale to the already brimming paranormal fiction pool, or if the Twilight and Vampire Diaries furor has finally died down enough that the market... Continue Reading →
It's a week of reviews coming up, as Bruce and I gear up for the Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia on May 17th. You'll want to watch for that because there's going to be a giveaway along with the post topic we've chosen to discuss, something near and dear to both our hearts. Meanwhile, here... Continue Reading →
It's a week of reviews coming up, as Bruce and I gear up for the Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia on May 17th. You'll want to watch for that because there's going to be a giveaway along with the post topic we've chosen to discuss, something near and dear to both our hearts. Meanwhile, here... Continue Reading →
Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with. – Brodi Ashton Renwald Mallorian wants nothing more than to be a Hero. He’s read all the books, after all, so what more could he need? Oh, right. He needs someone to hire him so he can get practical experience;... Continue Reading →
Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with. – Brodi Ashton Renwald Mallorian wants nothing more than to be a Hero. He’s read all the books, after all, so what more could he need? Oh, right. He needs someone to hire him so he can get practical experience;... Continue Reading →
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent – Victor Hugo Lucas Tate knows everything there is to know about what it means to be bullied, for everything from the way he looks to the way he loves his music. Lucas is the boy who has learned to... Continue Reading →
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent – Victor Hugo Lucas Tate knows everything there is to know about what it means to be bullied, for everything from the way he looks to the way he loves his music. Lucas is the boy who has learned to... Continue Reading →
Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again. – Author Unknown Being heroic doesn’t always mean being the bravest or the boldest or the strongest, or even the wisest. Sometimes acts of heroism are performed by the one who simply doesn’t stop... Continue Reading →
Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again. – Author Unknown Being heroic doesn’t always mean being the bravest or the boldest or the strongest, or even the wisest. Sometimes acts of heroism are performed by the one who simply doesn’t stop... Continue Reading →
Every fairytale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws. – Alice Hoffman Welcome to a contemporary fantasy, where fiction becomes fact, and the pages of borrowed imagination become the amorphous fabric that veils the arcane realms from the sight of mundane mortals. If, that is, you’d classify Athens, Iowa and its residents... Continue Reading →
Every fairytale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws. – Alice Hoffman Welcome to a contemporary fantasy, where fiction becomes fact, and the pages of borrowed imagination become the amorphous fabric that veils the arcane realms from the sight of mundane mortals. If, that is, you’d classify Athens, Iowa and its residents... Continue Reading →
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift I’m going to admit that before I started reading this book, I girded my loins, big time. Like, with titanium girding and everything. I was pretty sure after I’d read the blurb that I... Continue Reading →
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift I’m going to admit that before I started reading this book, I girded my loins, big time. Like, with titanium girding and everything. I was pretty sure after I’d read the blurb that I... Continue Reading →
Darkness dwells within even the best of us. In the worst of us, darkness not only dwells but reins. – Dean Koontz There’s nothing quite like a book about sexual abuse and its emotional and psychological and physical devastation to hammer home the difference between realistic fiction and the sort of books that portray non-consensual,... Continue Reading →
Darkness dwells within even the best of us. In the worst of us, darkness not only dwells but reins. – Dean Koontz There’s nothing quite like a book about sexual abuse and its emotional and psychological and physical devastation to hammer home the difference between realistic fiction and the sort of books that portray non-consensual,... Continue Reading →
The room at Beauchamps’s Introduction House in which I was ensconced, and which the Madame had so generously offered for my purposes, was uncomfortably warm. I’d removed my frock coat in an effort to alleviate some of my discomfort, though in the interest of at least a modicum of social propriety, I’d kept my waistcoat... Continue Reading →
The room at Beauchamps’s Introduction House in which I was ensconced, and which the Madame had so generously offered for my purposes, was uncomfortably warm. I’d removed my frock coat in an effort to alleviate some of my discomfort, though in the interest of at least a modicum of social propriety, I’d kept my waistcoat... Continue Reading →
Today if we wish to change the world, it isn't magic but science that will give us our tools. – Orson Scott Card I think if Charles Dickens were alive today and had the opportunity to re-imagine Oliver Twist into a Steampunk/Fantasy/Alternate History adventure, he might have rewritten a story and characters very much like... Continue Reading →
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman If you decide to read End of the Innocence (Tales of Foster High, Book 2), the continuing story of jock, Brad Greymark, and... Continue Reading →
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman If you decide to read End of the Innocence (Tales of Foster High, Book 2), the continuing story of jock, Brad Greymark, and... Continue Reading →
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