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Pagan Books (of the year and otherwise)
Fellow author, blogger, musician, poet, worshipper of trees, insightful guru, druid, and all round wonderful person,Nimue Brown started a Facebook group called Pagan Book News. If you are interested in paganism, belief structures, and humanities connection to the wider universe, … Continue reading
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Important Facts Friday
Once in a while we need to take a few moments to examine life seriously and spend some time contemplating the great questions about it, the universe and , well stuff… This may not be one of those times… Important … Continue reading
Bye Bye Birdy
I’ll keep this short. X, or twitter as was, has become a cesspit of all that is vile. There are still little islands of charm and goodness that keep above the waves of effulgence but even if you land on … Continue reading
An old beautiful thing and a terrible one
Last weekend I was in Stroud attending their annual steampunk event, doing the author thing and a certain amount of prating about. It was a lot of fun, as such events always are. On this occasion I took with me an old beautiful thing and a terrible one. Well a stack of terrible ones, but lets talk about the old beautiful thing first.. Continue reading
Harvey Duckman Presents Volume 13 Released Today
Originally posted on Ben Sawyer:
Beneath the trees, where nobody sees, we hide and seek as long as we please… The latest volume in the Harvey Duckman Presents series of anthologies is available today. Brace yourself for the unexpected as…
Inspiration and the future (mine, and everyone else’s)
Originally posted on Druid Life:
Inspiration isn’t something that always turns up on demand. For a person attempting to work creatively this can be a bit of an issue. It’s certainly the case that trying to create can be a…
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Dear Edgar #6 MS Found in a Bottle
Poe scholars are apt to say it was this story that truly launched Poe’s career. Certainly its is the first tale to read the way you expect Poe to read, with an ominous intensity wrapped in poetic language, creeping with ever more intensity towards a dark grim conclusion. In this tale then, you can see all that is to come late in Poe’s career. Continue reading
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Dear Edgar #5 Bon-Bon
Look too long in to the abyss and the abyss will make you an offer on your immortal aspect… Apparently. Continue reading
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What is Steampunk? A Guest post by Matt McCall
Mat McCall, a bulldozer of joyous exuberance and invested enthusiasm who manages to drag unsuspecting people into a whirlwind of frivolity. I love this man… He has some thoughts on ‘What is Steampunk’ he is something of an expert on the matter, though he would never claim to be. Continue reading
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Hope is essential
Originally posted on Druid Life:
One of the big barriers to becoming more sustainable, is the widespread belief that it’s going to hurt us to do so. We are afraid we’ll have to give up all the nice things, all…
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