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May 12, 2016
Guest Post: Where is the Wonder? by Roland Yeomans
Roland Yeomans is here today to introduce his latest book, The Not-so-Innocents Abroad —about a steampunk honeymoon like no other…
I like the title. For me it holds the promise of some wicked humour on top of all the wonder and excitement I expect from a renewed encounter with Captain Samuel McCord.
I haven’t read it yet, but… steampunk? Vampires? An alien Empress among us? Seems more than cool.
Here’s Roland to tell you more about it:
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I like the title. For me it holds the promise of some wicked humour on top of all the wonder and excitement I expect from a renewed encounter with Captain Samuel McCord.
I haven’t read it yet, but… steampunk? Vampires? An alien Empress among us? Seems more than cool.
Here’s Roland to tell you more about it:
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May 7, 2016
Why Not
what a thorough disappointmentthis absence of magicthis mundaneness
Even if they existedthe vampires, the angelswhat makes you thinkyou’d be their darlingand not their victim?
even so... even so...
you know what I meanI’m talking about real magicnot the stupefying wonder of ahydromedusaor the heartbreaking beautyof Für Elise
how about some faeries, some werewolvessome wish-fulfilling genieseven the ones who trick youif you’re no expertat formulating wishes
why are we condemned to dullnessin this m...
February 7, 2016
Things
you seethere are these things that we seeor things that we think we seethings that we’ve been taught to seeevery day thingsevery life things meant to bemundanecomforting in their mundanenessand then
there are the things that we don’t seethings that hide in the cracksof this thingthat we call realitythe real thingsharsh thingsnot meant to be reachedaliencrushing in their aliennessthat only in dreamsperhapswe can glimpse
http://celdigitalarts.com/?portfolio-category=art
there are the things that we don’t seethings that hide in the cracksof this thingthat we call realitythe real thingsharsh thingsnot meant to be reachedaliencrushing in their aliennessthat only in dreamsperhapswe can glimpse
http://celdigitalarts.com/?portfolio-category=artJanuary 7, 2016
My Story in The Lovecraft eZine
Read my story, The Pardon of the Fogs , for free in Issue No. 36 of The Lovecraft eZine. And, if you like it, you could say it in a comment over there...
Story illustration by Giuseppe Balestra:
January 1, 2016
Hello, 2016!
So, we stepped over that imaginary threshold between years...
Are we different? Certainly, one year older than on January 1st, 2015... Maybe, a little more hopeful for new beginnings... Energized, perhaps, ready for new projects or to renew projects (that is, if we're over that hangover...). I think I was writing once on this blog how each month feels different to me and January feels a bit scary... A door opening into a wide, open space where... well, who knows what awaits there... (something...
Are we different? Certainly, one year older than on January 1st, 2015... Maybe, a little more hopeful for new beginnings... Energized, perhaps, ready for new projects or to renew projects (that is, if we're over that hangover...). I think I was writing once on this blog how each month feels different to me and January feels a bit scary... A door opening into a wide, open space where... well, who knows what awaits there... (something...
December 31, 2015
Goodbye, 2015
It's hard for me to believe that 2015 is almost over. (It's hard to believe that we're already talking about 2015 when just the day before it was 2000...) A few more hours, a few drinks, and that's it...
When did it go away? Well, it had a whole year for that, but it feels like much less, much, much less...
How did it go away? In a blur, that's for sure... And what did I do? Well, I guess... outlined a little, wrote a little, read a little, lived a little (maybe)...
All in all, it hasn't b...
When did it go away? Well, it had a whole year for that, but it feels like much less, much, much less...
How did it go away? In a blur, that's for sure... And what did I do? Well, I guess... outlined a little, wrote a little, read a little, lived a little (maybe)...
All in all, it hasn't b...
December 24, 2015
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, everyone! May it bring you gifts of love, good health, and joy. May there be only smiles in your eyes and in those of your loved ones. Merry Christmas!
December 19, 2015
The Pardon of the Fogs in the Lovecraft eZine
cover by Lee Copeland, www.leecopeland.comIssue #36 of the Lovecraft eZine, the magazine featuring cosmic horror and the Cthulhu mythos, is now available on-line and I'm happy and proud that my story, The Pardon of the Fogs, is part of it.
Go read it on-line for free, if you'd like. Kindle and print edition will be available soon.
You gotta love that cover! And this is the wonderful and intriguing illustration for my story, by Giuseppe Balestra, dieGBdie.blogspot.com
November 30, 2015
The Night of Elisa by Isis Sousa
Isis Sousa —Brazilian-born artist living in Norway— keeps saying that she’s not a writer and that “writing sucks.” Maybe. Maybe not. One thing I find certain —whether she uses words or images, she is a great storyteller. And in “The Night of Elisa” she tells a unique, absorbing story.
From the magnificent cover through the pencil sketches in the book to the beautiful flourishes on each page, Ms. Sousa’s ability to bring her characters to “life” in drawings as well as in words enhances the exp...
October 31, 2015
Happy Halloween!
illustration from The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van AllsburgThe Bump under the Rug
“Ah! It’s a rat!” cried Mrs. Harris, my dear every Thursday bridge partner. “I’m not going in there anymore!”
“I’m telling you, it’s the fairies!” said tiny Mr. Field, with his tiny voice, trying to see something from behind Mrs. Harris who wouldn’t budge from the door despite her fear of rats. "They come every night!"
“Where’s your cat, Mr. James?” asked Barry, the delivery boy, in his usual chee...
