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Atlantis, part 3

In ancient times the people of Atlantis were blessed with wisdom. They used their advanced arts and sciences for the benefit of all, not to increase the power and comfort of the few. The Atlanteans harnessed the power of the sun, the water, and their own minds to achieve wondrous things. But over time, the comforts and ease of life that they gained made them selfish, petty and quarrelsome. As a people they became greedy and warlike, and used their knowledge to create new technology and terrib...

Atlantis, part 2

Over the centuries, many have believed that the people of Atlantis, or at least some of them, survived the sinking of their homeland and became underwater dwellers.

The most popular version of this myth shows up in comic books. Both DC's Aquaman and Marvel's Prince Namor are monarchs of the sunken civilization of Atlantis (and both, interestingly, are cranky and given to suspicion, if not outright hatred, of surface dwellers.

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Many novels have been written about this undersea civilization; ther...

Atlantis

The island / continent of Atlantis was first mentioned in two dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato. He asserted that the Atlanteans sank in a cataclysm of earthquake and flood thousands of years ago.

Since Plato was generally thought of as a truthful sort of fellow, people have spent the past couple of millennia trying either to find Atlantis or to speculate on where it might have been. Despite the fact that Plato said the island was located in the Atlantic Ocean, just beyond the Strait of...

Announcement:

The Shadow of Malabron has been nominated for next year's Red Cedar Award.

Book trailer of the Shadow of Malabron

"The Shadow of Malabron" - Book Trailer from Chris Hill on Vimeo.


This is the book trailer for The Shadow of Malabron created by a very talented former writing student of mine, Chris Hill, along with Nathan Brown of Swashbuckler Productions. Much thanks and appreciation also to Conor Wharton (Will Lightfoot), Jess Bell (Rowen), James Cadden (the Angel), Patrick Kerr (the motorcycle rider), and Kiefer the "wolf" (and his owner Azal Abedi).

Illustration of Walter Stenström's The boy and the ...

 Illustration of Walter Stenström's The boy and the trolls or The Adventure in childrens' anthology Among pixies and trolls, a collection of childrens' stories, 1915.

Troll under a bridge in Seattle

Troll under a bridge in Seattle

seeds

It was the coldest season anyone could remember in the desert town. Then one morning strange tiny white seeds fell from the sky. They fell quickly and silently and soon covered everything, roofs, streets, the heads of people walking slowly. The kids picked up handful of the fluffy, cold seeds and ate them, and their parents scolded them and told them not to. There was no telling what the seeds would sprout.

Since then, people in town have been scooping up the seeds with shovels and piling them...

The Tale of a DogBailey came into our family when she wa...

The Tale of a Dog

Bailey came into our family when she was almost two years old. Her family in Airdire wasn't able to look after her anymore, and the long-term care hospital where Sharon worked was looking for a pet therapy dog, and also for a family to keep the dog when she wasn't visiting the hospital. So Bailey became our family dog, but she was also a working dog, heading off with Sharon every morning to spend the day visiting the patients in the hospital. She loved her work, and everyone...

Paul Quarrington

Sad news: the passing of Paul Quarrington, novelist, musician and storyteller.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/20...