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February 6, 2019
A Geography Of Haarth: Sea Keep (Updated)
The Wall of Night Series map; design by Peter Fitzpatrick
The A Geography of Haarth post series is designed to traverse the full range of gazetted locales and places from The Wall Of Night world of Haarth.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the series explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost.
Now the series has resumed to traverse the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Night Book Three.) The new series comprises updates of previous e...
February 3, 2019
On Supernatural Underground Now: A Theme For 2019 — The Year Of Romance In Fantasy Fiction
Last week I was ruminating on potential themes for this year’s first-of-the-month posts on the Supernatural Underground.
February 1st rolled around on Friday and guess what, I came up with a theme for 2019 — and it’s going to be the Year of Romance in Fantasy Fiction.
And yes, there even be hashtags: #YOR (Year of Romance) and #RIFF — Romance in Fantasy Fiction.
Romance – Romeo & Juliet style
For more details, check out the post here:
A Theme For 2019: A Year Of Romance In Fantasy FictionOve...
January 30, 2019
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ghiselaine
It’s been two months since my last “About The Characters” and (alternating every other Thursday) “A Geography Of Haarth” posts. But fear not, dear friends, followers, and gentil readers—or alternatively, be very afraid 
January 27, 2019
Supernatural Underground 2019: Your Thoughts Welcomed
Happy Monday, dear friends, followers, and gentil readers. 
January 23, 2019
A Nor’West Season
A Nor’west Season
Waiting . . .
the nor’west arch a pale slash
along cloud-filled sky, promises heat—
big bluster coming
beating in across the plains lifting
roofs tossing down
trees a dog howls
into the sun’s glazed eye
falls back into shadow
beneath a car body
propped on a rusted jack waits
for the lull . . .
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© Helen Lowe
Published, Crest to Crest: Impressions of Canterbury Prose & Poetry, Ed. Karen Zelas, Wily Publications, 2009
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Although...
January 20, 2019
A Summery Writing Spot
The Wall of Hebe
January 16, 2019
On Supernatural Underground Now: Kim Falconer Posts Her “Can’t Wait To Read” List
KimFalconer
Kim Falconer’s latest post on the Supernatural Underground features some of the books coming out this year that she can’t wait to read.
There are a lot of interesting titles on the list, including Seanan McGuire’s Middle Game and another Mercy Thompson novel from Patricia Briggs.
Probably the two books I am most interested from Kim’s list, though, are both by fellow Supernatural Underground authors:
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Where Oblivion Lives by Teresa Frohock Where Oblivion Lives is the first novel...
January 13, 2019
A Hebe Wall :)
I thought you might enjoy these photos of one of the hebes that’s currently flowering-like-crazy in my garden.
I suspect the flowering-like-crazy part may have something to do with our summer being far wetter than usual this year, since normally the summers where I live are very dry.
Whatever the reasons, this particular plant is pretty spectacular this year. And I’m not the only one who thinks so: the bees were going crazy for it the day I took these photos. In fact there are quite a few in...
January 9, 2019
Holiday Fun
Festive goodies
Sadly, the holiday is over now, but it was fun while it lasted. And I have the pics to prove it. Here are a wee few to be going on with.
January 6, 2019
A Haiku for the New Year: “January” by Janine Sowerby
January —
a trail of pine needles
litters the floor
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First published in Yellow Moon (Australia), Issue 19, Winter 2006
Reproduced here with permission.
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On December 27, I featured Janine Sowerby’s We Children, one of my favourite poems centered on the NZ summer. Today I feature another of Janine’s works, the haiku “January.” I have always felt it captures the sense of the ending of the twelve days of Christmas, which also brings the end of celebration and for many a re...
