Seeking America's Hidden Treasures
I love to travel. I’ve traveled to a number of National Parks, but here’s the thing? Everyone goes to National Parks. People have lists of them. People try...
Weird, Experimental...
Review: Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov Barsukov is an excellent writer, but I didn’t need this book. Why? His award-nominated novella...
I'm Not Here
This post is being queued because I’m attending my aunt’s wedding. In fact, this post will probably go out while we’re partying. Philcon is next week! I will...
An Old School Christmas Special...
X-Men 4.10 “One Man’s Worth” I’m still not a big fan of Great Man Theory…no matter who you apply it to. It’s not as bad in fiction. This episode is better...
Peddling Hope at the End of the World
I’ve had a few things said to me on social media that stick with me. Some of them are particularly entertaining insults. One such is the person who said...
Cute Dragons and...Conquistadors?
Review: Dragon Magic by Charles Townsend Charles Townsend is a stage magician and loves writing books in which stage magicians save the day. Dragon Magic is...
Heading Out Yet Again...
Be as resilient as these trees. I leave for the UK for my aunt’s wedding late on Tuesday. I’ll be back late the following Tuesday…then leave for Philcon on...
Time Travel is Fun
X-Men 3.15 “The Dark Phoenix, Part II: Inner Circle” The Circle Club? I get it, “Hellfire” is a more adult term. Wyngarde thinks he has Phoenix under...
The Center of America...
…a portajohn. It’s election day, and I’m going to try and post this early. I’m the tiniest fish in the pond, but everyone who knows me knows that I eschew...
Ukrainian SF and...Roma Eterna?
Two very different books this week. Don’t forget to vote! Review: The Factory by Ihor Mystak I don’t often review books by deceased authors. I prefer to...
Happy Halloween
A day late, I know. How about “Happy Discount Candy Day?” For once, the supermarket here didn’t actually dumpster all of the candy on November 1, although...
The Phoenix is Here
X-Men 3.3 “The Phoenix Saga Part 1 – Sacrifice” Honestly, there’s a part of me that’s done with the Phoenix Saga, but I’ve never watched this version, so I’m...
America's Misunderstood Serpents
Content warning: This post contains discussion of, and images, of snakes. If you are phobic, you might want to skip this one. (If you love snakes, let me...
Jim Crow Horror, Social Space Opera, and What Genre is That Anyway?
Review: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due CW: Child abuse, child death First warning: This book is a tome. It weighs in at 570 pages. Second warning: This is...
Snakes?
I don’t have my pictures from southern Illinois (with a side trip into Missouri) sorted yet, but I’m going to say this. People are sleeping on southern...
Surprise, You're Renewed
X-Men 2.10 “Beauty and the Beast” If there’s one romance trope in fiction I hate the most it’s the hero who breaks up with their partner because “it’s not...
18 Storey Indigenous High Rises – the Myth of the Noble Savage
Land back? It’s the latest controversy…restoring indigenous sovereignty over parts of this country. It’s also happening in Canada, and what inspired this...
Can You Have A Planetary Romance Set on Earth?
Assuming no icky flight issues, I’ll be back late tomorrow. Review: Loka by S.B. Divya I envy this book…I almost did something similar then changed...
Okay, So...
Okay, so I wrote this on the 11th. Any news I have will come out when I get back, so have a gate to…somewhere. I actually really like this gate. Our trip...
Time Travel...and Abuse
Another short one. I’m somewhere in Illinois and not watching TV, sorry ;). X-Men 2.8 “Time Fugitives” This episode is weird because it’s 2.7 repeated....