Exploding the Tangerine: A Shy Person's Guide to Battle Magic

by Clint Marsh, Oliver Bly (Illustrator)

Magical duels are depicted in film and other popular fiction as flashy affairs full of supernatural fireworks, and they’re often given as proof of a person’s ability to use “real magic” for self-defense and to influence the world around them.

Exploding the Tangerine demonstrates how even the most timid among us possess a similar magic, one grounded in persuasion and an honest curiosity about the interconnectedness of all things. While this is a more subtle magic than that usually seen in fiction, its results are invariably no less wondrous, life-changing, and real.

12 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2019

Reviews

[Literarykittens · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Unlike the movies, a magical battle isn't about one person overpowering another, chalking up a victory or defeat. Instead, it offers us an opportunity for a third outcome, one of greater understanding of each other and, perhaps, of magic itself."