What if Harry Potter didn’t know about magic until he went to college? And what if (along with almost everything else to do with dorm life as a freshman) Hogwarts turned out to be more horror story than dark fantasy, and Harry’s fellow students had a tendency to end up as ketchup?
So what is it about sad love stories that has us coming back for more? Is it that we’re just happy to be able to say to ourselves, “Well, my lover didn’t kill himself over my (faked) death, leaving me no other option than to fall on my dagger. So that’s all good, right?”
In honor of FlashBack Friday, author Stephen Merlino offers his award-winning epic fantasy, The Jack of Souls, this weekend only. So …
A clockwork heart can’t replace the real thing.” ― Dru Pagliassotti, Clockwork Heart As a genre, I love steampunk’s science …
Blurb: The flaming teddy bear sailed through the air like a cute and fluffy Molotov cocktail. When a vampire asks …
Magic realism is a genre that I like better before and after (as opposed to during) the experience. Actually reading the book is work. Or maybe the hard work happens at the beginning, when you have to turn off all the ways you normally look at and think about the world.
I’ve never been a fan of blaming future generations for the sins of the fathers, but it’s a popular trope with certain gods, villains, and really pissed off ex-lovers.
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. (Psalm 139:12) What’s the difference between dark fantasy and horror …
This week my guest is Shawna Reppert, award-winning author of the dark fantasy Ravensblood series It’s all Horace Walpole’s fault. In …
Blurb: Leave it to an ancient god to ruin a perfectly good afternoon. Being hunted by a demon sucks, no …
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