Narcisse Navarre's Blog, page 5
August 28, 2015
Thoughts on Christabel and Geraldine
Back in high school I was that misunderstood kid who wandered graveyards and wore the long, dark skirts and combat boots.My idea of a hairstyle was washing my hair in the morning and leaving it to freeze during the twenty blockwalk to school. Almost every morning Iarrived inhomeroom with my blackhairfrozen solid. “The ice queen has arrived,” would chime my teacher. Fantastic. Lucky for me, I had a like-minded friend, R., who was just as freakish. We were young, we were outcasts, we were goths...
April 20, 2015
52 Hours on a Train
The last five days have been nothing short of an extraordinary passage back in time. Four days ago I boarded the Amtrak Zephyr in Chicago’s Union Station, but not before taking a moment to pose in the grand stairway where that epic slow-mo shot inthe Untouchables was filmed. Yes, I do have my tourist moments!
Sleeper car passengers make use of the Metropolitan Lounge and enter through a different area from coach passengers. I was expecting the luxury of the Titanic (I blame my overactive ima...
March 22, 2015
Four Lesser Known Fantasy Worlds Worth Exploring
Most readers are well acquainted with the big fantasy titles, here are four lesser known fantasy worlds worth exploring. It is common to encounter pastiches and copies of an established fantasy milieu- for example the Iron Tower trilogy by Dennis L. McKiernan and the Shannara books by Terry Brooks both draw water from Tolkien’s well. More often we see variations on themes, some better than others.
Some of the lesser known fantasy novels and series have been more influential on my writing than...
