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February 27, 2021
#HappyNewYear and a #NewRelease
Ciao, amici, y felice anno nuovo! I hope you all had a wonderful winter break, and if you celebrated any holidays, that you enjoyed them. Personally, I enjoyed my time with family, though I didn’t get to see as many of them as I would have liked. (I suspect the same is true for many […]
Black Stone Heart by Michael R. Fletcher [SPFBO]
Add to Goodreads A broken man, Khraen awakens alone and lost. His stone heart has been shattered, littered across the world. With each piece, he regains some small shard of the man he once was. He follows the trail, fragment by fragment, remembering his terrible past. There was a woman. There was a sword. There […]
The big squirrel festival
I had two goals today, and those didn’t have a lot of parameters. I wanted to go back over my existing work with a fine toothed comb, and I wanted to add some small amount of new words to Lanternfish. What I didn’t plan on was the big squirrel festival in the back yard. This […]
Are Dragons Evil, Part 3 – Slavic
In Slavic languages, dragon is called “zmaj” (Croatian, pronounced as “zmay”) or variations thereof – zmej (Russian), zmij (Ukrainian), smok (Belarussian, Polish), though variations on draco (drak, drakon etc.) are also used. Word “zmaj” is actually a masculine form of zmija, or “snake” – thus displaying dragons’ origins as snakes. Another word used for dragons […]
February 26, 2021
A SHADOW WAR
“You’re not afraid of the dark, are you?” Riddick, Pitch Black Since the dawn of time, humanity has been afraid of the dark and the potential horrors that dwell within it. Due to this, I decided to add an extra element to my third fantasy book regarding the monster army. Because of their diverse caste […]
Micro-fiction 065 – Tragic Beauty (Echoes series)
https://thesefantasticworlds.com/wp-c... A beautiful woman, and a shade face each other in the cellar. What is the dark secret that led them there? Tragic Beauty My head hurts so much, as I watch her weep. She must be the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. Sitting in the corner, on a simple stool she’s dressed in […]
Book Review: Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri
Summary: The Ambhan Empire is crumbling. A terrible war of succession hovers on the horizon. The only hope for peace lies in the mysterious realm of ash, where mortals can find what they seek in the echoes of their ancestors’ dreams. But to walk there requires a steep price. Arwa is determined to make the […]
Brother Red by Adrian Selby
The Blurb: When the trade caravan Driwna Marghoster was hired to protect is attacked, she discovers a dead body hidden inside a barrel. Born of the powerful but elusive Oskoro people, the body is a rare and priceless find, the centre of a tragic tale and the key to a larger mystery… For when Driwna […]
February 25, 2021
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – #MovieReview
⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Hey all you dungeon dwellers out there, it’s me Slick Dungeon. I’m back to review another movie for one of my 2021 challenges. This time I watched a movie with a dragon in it for my read-watch-play challenge. If you don’t know what that challenge is or you want […]
February 24, 2021
Why Wheel of Time Will be Better Than Game of Thrones
Hey everybody, Today’s post is likely going to set off a debate, but I’m going to throw my thoughts out there anyway. Which is better The Wheel of Time or Game of Thrones (yes, I know the book series has a different title but Thrones is synonymous and a better series title)? Will Wheel of […]
