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December 31, 2021
Merry Minions
Here’s hoping that all my friends and readers out there had a wonderful holiday. I hope that Santa Claus was kind to you, and that neither Krampus nor Nackles turned up at your door with a big black bag.
We had a good Christmas here in Santa Fe.
One of the highlights was our annual Fevre River Packet Company holiday dinner.
The merry minions are, L to R, Lenore, Elias, Sid, Raya, and Andrea. (Amy and Sarah were unable to make it).
I’m Gru, of course.
December 29, 2021
Most Anticipated
The new year is almost at hand, and with it will come all manner of new television shows, on network, cable, and streamers.
I have got to confess, I was chuffed to read that the most anticipated new show, according to IMDB, was…
(drum roll, please)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON!
https://movieweb.com/house-of-the-dragon-imdb-most-anticipated-original-tv-series-2022/
That’s a hell of a list to be at the top of, too. Amazon’s new Tolkien series? Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN? Marvel shows? STAR WARS shows?
Go...
December 21, 2021
Ride the Sky
Just wanted to share the new promotional trailer we put together for Santa Fe’s SKY Railway.
Tickets are on sale now on the Sky website. Sunlight Serenade train, Santa and Pablito, Exodus Express, Murder on the Lamy Line… and many more to come in the new year.
December 19, 2021
Looking for Gifts?
Xmas is almost upon us.
Books make wonderful gifts, you kn0w. Especially AUTOGRAPHED books, which are also collectibles.
And Beastly Books has hundreds of signed books… my own work, of course, plus a huge range of titles from the writers who have visited Santa Fe and the Jean Cocteau since 2013. Hardcovers, paperbacks, SF, fantasy, thrillers, mystery, history, romance, you name it.
Browse our offerings at https://www.beastlybooks.com/
Our staff is waiting to help you.
December 18, 2021
Long Long Ago…
A few years back, Hidetaka Miyazaki and his incredible team of game designers, the creators of the DARK SOULS videogame series, reached out from Japan to ask me to help them create the backstory and history for a new game they were working on. Now, video games are not really my thing — oh, I played a few back in the dawn of time, mainly strategy games like RAILROAD TYCOON, ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, and MASTER OF ORION — but this offer was too exciting to refuse. Miyazaki and his team fro...
December 16, 2021
Cooters!
We wrapped principal photography on NIGHT OF THE COOTERS back in August, you may recall. That’s our adaptation of the classic short story by the one and only Howard Waldrop. Shot entirely in greenscreen in Santa Fe, from a screenplay by Joe Lansdale. Directed by Vincent d’Onofrio, who also starred. After that we turned it over to the wizards at Trioscope, who have been busily working on it ever since with their groundbreaking animation process.
They’re still working. It’s our hope to h...
December 14, 2021
Pablito Is Here
The sky has officially opened, as of December 3, and Pablito the dragon has arrived in Santa Fe.
(I told you he was coming).
You can read all about him in SANTA’S DRAGON, the new Christmas classic written by bestselling author Douglas Preston and illustrated by Raya Golden.
There’s a lovely review in PASATIEMPO:
Signed copies are now available from Beastly Books v...
December 10, 2021
Huzzah!
THE GREAT is insane… and insanely good.
The second season came started streaming recently, and Parris and I have binged the whole thing. I would not recommend the series as a way to pass your course in Russian history, mind you. Certain… ahem… liberties have been taken. But as entertainment, we love it. It is funny, exciting, full of twists and turns and an amazing cast of characters. And bawdy. Very very bawdy. You thought there was a lot of sex in GAME OF THRONES? Hoo hah. The d...
December 6, 2021
Helping to spread the word for a good friend
We’ve worked with Nnedi Okorafor a few times now and consider her a true friend and talented author.
So when she asked that we help spread the word for her family’s gofundme page we were happy to help out.
Please take a look and consider donating.
ON BEHALF OF THE OKORAFOR FAMILY:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-future-for-chinedu
This message has been brought to you by the Minions of Fevre River.
December 3, 2021
Sky Railway Roars into Town!
It’s finally time to open the doors officially for Santa Fe Sky Railway, and we’re all proud as punch about it!
It was a hard road but well worth it when we finally get to see the train pull up to Santa Fe station for the first time, come check us out down at the Santa Fe railway to find out more about what rides are available and what’s coming next year.
Come on down and check out our fabulous engines the Wolf and the Dragon and set up your next railway experience!
Ticket...
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