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Tag Archives: books
Dear Edgar 63 ~ Hop Frog
“I now see distinctly… what manner of people these maskers are. They are a great king and his seven privy-councillors—a king who does not scruple to strike a defenceless girl, and his seven councillors who abet him in the outrage. As for myself, I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester—and this is my last jest.” Continue reading
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Oh what convoluted webs we do weave
Main characters are bad enough, but the incidental characters that hang around the edges get more often than not have their own lives that morph and change as they go from a one chapter, one scene, body with a plot point nailed to it, to someone with a complete back story and who has had their own weird adventures of stage… Continue reading
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A Tale of Two covers
This post may offend some people. To be fair I could write that at the beginning of almost everything I write so I’m not overly worried. However, this post will touch upon a subject which offends a lot of people, including me. The subject of AI art. Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, Harvey Duckman, horror, indie novels, rant, reads
Tagged AI, amreading, art, artificial-intelligence, books, reads, sciencefiction, urban fantasy, writing
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Cosy dragons and haunted beds
Now, to be fair, while I may read a lot of old dead white men, they are far from the only things I read. Some genre’s however I read less than others, not really for any major reason, I just don’t really seek them out. However on occasion a different subgenre crosses my path and for one reason or another I feel compelled to read them.
As is often the case these books are not written by old middle class white men, the authors are all alive as well, which makes a nice change. Continue reading
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Dear Edgar 61 ~ The Domain of Arnheim
the question before us is not if the landscape Garden is a story, but if The Domain of Arnheim takes that original non-narrative piece and turn it into a story…? Continue reading
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Interesting Folk…
Folk horror is when a stranger stumbles into a “quaint” village and discovers horrors at a harvest festival! Folk horror is fundamentally British and pagan! Continue reading
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Lucifer Redux
Magic, mayhem and impeccable manners in a Victorian London where magic is real Continue reading
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Cover Stories
‘Don’t judge a book by the cover’ as the old wisdom goes, unfortunately, however, in the real world everyone does. There is going to be some harsh unforgiving honesty with myself in this post, but sometimes that is required Continue reading
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The Creation of Strange Worlds
Did I really want to delve back into the mind of Howard Philips Lovecraft? Continue reading
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