Midori Snyder's Blog, page 56

Japanese Beer and Tanuki Babes

Not sure what in the hell animal these ladies are supposed be suggesting? Too rounded in the ears to be fox girls...maybe Tanukis? What were they thinking? What were Japanese Men responding to in this image? And why can't I...

"Where the Dacouvri Died" by Brian Bolton

It is appropriate that on Memorial Day, Angel McCoy of Wiley Writers released the first of two stories I selected (during my very delightful stint as a guest editor) for the "Warrior" theme. The story "Where the Dacouvri Died" by...

The Mystery of Vivian Maier

In 2009 John Maloof went to an auction house and purchased for $380 a box of around 100,000 negatives as well as rolls of film, all secretly shot by a local nanny, Vivian Maier . The work had originally been...

Reading Fiction On the Net: "Bettering Myself" by Ottessa Moshfegh

Sometimes it's good to be shaken out of one's usual fare of fiction, and for that occasion, I want to recommend Ottessa Moshfegh's killer short story "Bettering Myself," available online at the Paris Review, which also awarded Ms Moshfegh the...

What Is Your Library Saying? Forbidden Journeys

Oh delightful! Another pair of sorted book titles providing a brief ode to the illusive fantastic and a cautionary poem about the perils of the fairy tale path. These two images come from Ink Gypsy who runs Once upon A...

Oh the Bliss of Maddie On Things!

I think many people have been celebrating Maddie and her owner/photographer Theron Humphrey on their cross-country journey to photograph the elegant coonhound Maddie, balanced on all manner of "things" -- from signs, tires, a scantily clad drunk St. Patrick's-day goer...

Rabbits on the Hill, Rabbits in the Hill

A new favorite site of mine is the Medieval Animal Data Network which finds gorgeous images like these rabbits from the marginalia of medieval manuscripts. The image above is from The Luttrell Psalter, created for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell of Irnham...

Murdered Sailors, A Paradise On the Moon, And Other Hoaxes

Lately, I have been discovering new online journals that have introduced me to terrific and strange fiction -- and even stranger nonfiction. If you are feeling adventurous, stop by and fall into this serialized offering from Christopher Heaney, a doctoral...

Returning To The Armless Maiden

Today I offer another one of my essays, "The Armless Maiden and The Hero's Journey." This is a body of stories I return to often for they illuminate a visceral, particularly female form of transformation, and one that is not...

Celebrations

I spent the best (early) Mother's Day ever watching my daughter Taiko graduate with a Masters degree in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Colorado, Boulder (and get accepted into a doctoral program at the same University.) So excited...