• Book Review: Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell

    Wearing the Lion is a re-imagining of the Twelve Labors of Hercules with some found-family focused family drama mixed in. In this, Hercules (also known as Alcides) is a cheerful, surprisingly gentle guy who considers Hera his “aunty” and prays to her and gives her offerings.  Our Cinnamon Roll is completely unaware that Hera hates…

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    • Book Review: If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw

      I had a very mixed reaction to this book! On one hand, it’s a cozy fantasy with some funny moments. On the other hand, the main character is burdened with an extremely toxic family and makes frustrating decisions. (Also, some of the humor is kind of slapstick and gross-out. I am not a fan of…

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      • A Short List of Magic Post-Apocalyptic Fantasies

        Let’s set the parameters first. By “magic post-apocalypse fantasy,” I mean “a fantasy with a magic-based apocalypse.” I do not mean “the magic came back after a nuclear war or cosmic disaster,” “there was magic but now it’s fading,” or “there was no magic but suddenly there is Magic, and Science is turned off.”  This…

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        • Kishan Empire: But Everything DOES Look Like a Nail

          Yes, I am back on my adulation of the Books of the Raksura series by Martha Wells. This is an expansion of a tumblr post I wrote while listening to the audio book for The Harbors of the Sun. While I was listening to it, something struck me as being extremely stealth-funny. This would be…

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          • I Forgot That Time is a Thing

            Specifically, I forgot that time existed in terms of the timeline of Lord of the Black Mountain. This is not exactly a surprise. I tend to be what is called an pantser when I write. I cannot write according to a strict outline. Instead, I am mostly freestyling and keeping things in order in my…

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