Dave Higgins's Blog, page 97
July 27, 2016
The Friendship of Poets
Do I have friendships focused on poetry? Friendships where I bounce poems back and forth? They all are, or none of them are. I have friends who poet, I have friends who read poetry, I have friends who I met through poetry, but I don’t have friendships that are based around poeting. Partially because, to […]
July 25, 2016
Lovecraft Sin Sangre
One of the biggest issues with visual media based on (or inspired by) Lovecraft’s work is that no combination of prosthetics and CGI really captures indescribable horrors, risking it becoming just another horror tale. Which can be fun, but isn’t the Yog-Sothery I seek of a Mythos tale. Which is why I enjoyed the balance […]
July 22, 2016
The Firemage’s Vengeance by Garrett Robinson
Robinson continues to deliver a mix of political intrigue, engaging characters, and gritty fantasy. This book is the third in the Academy Journals series. This review aims to avoid spoilers of previous volumes where possible, but does contain both explicit references and evidence to support further inferences. With Isra, the rogue mindmage and murderer, apparently […]
July 20, 2016
No Person’s Land
Do black lives matter? Of course they do. But my reaction to the movement of the same name is less definite. Because the movement is less definite. My experiences while living in an area of Bristol with a strong African and Asian presence left me, as someone who doesn’t speak an non-European languages and presents […]
July 18, 2016
The Purpose Isn’t
Adam Savage’s talk on creativity shows both why I create, and why I am most glad my primary creativity is words not objects.
July 15, 2016
Victorian by Jordan Elizabeth
Combining the all-consuming intensity of teenage concerns with the tropes of classic ghost stories, Elizabeth amplifies the tension of each. Outwardly different yet each having their own reason for hiding, Celeste and Weronika volunteer at the local Victorian Fair. At first it seems a haven from their problems; but as the summer progresses, working for […]
July 13, 2016
A Mask Creates Whitespace
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved the taste of words. Not synaesthecially, not the way I love the taste of a good meal, but the way words feel in the mouth and in the waiting to be spoken. Which isn’t why I started writing poetry. I started writing poetry because I didn’t […]
July 11, 2016
He Knows… But He’s Got Problems
DiVinci-esque savants aside, humans tend not to be great at the total of all tasks. Which makes being good or bad at something a poor indicator of whether a person is competent as a whole. For the last few weeks my computer has been freezing while watching videos or broadcasting podcasts. Which could be many […]
July 8, 2016
The Vampires’ Birthright by Aiden James & Patrick Burdine
Combining a choice between two, probably unsuitable, immortal lovers, with evil monsters roaming large parts of the world, James and Burdine create a paranormal romance free from the sense of tightness that can afflict the “girl with a destiny encounters a secret vampire conspiracy” novels. This novel is the second volume in the Lifeblood Legacy […]
The Vampires’ Birthright by Aiden James & Patrick Burdin
Combining a choice between two, probably unsuitable, immortal lovers, with evil monsters roaming large parts of the world, James and Burdin create a paranormal romance free from the sense of tightness that can afflict the “girl with a destiny encounters a secret vampire conspiracy” novels. This novel is the second volume in the Lifeblood Legacy […]
