A Rival Most Vial
transported me to another world.
I lost myself in the civilization created by
Ashwick. Yes, this is a world of magic where a flick of a wand can create
impossible wonders. But it is also a world of love, friendship, betrayal, and
forgiveness. It is both strange and oh-so-familiar.
I fell in love with the
characters and rooted for them all the way to their happy ending.
Of all of the poetry how-to manuals that I have read over the years, Writing Metrical Poetry proved the most insightful and practically useful.
I
came late to my love of poetry, and writing it proved more difficult than
writing prose. Traditional forms, such as sonnets, were especially
intimidating. The exercises started at the most basic forms and grew gradually more
complex, allowing me to practice at my own pace. I find myself going back to it
again and again.
Write poetry in the great metrical tradition of Dante, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Frost, and the poets of the current Formalist revival
&break;&break;In this contemporary guide, you'll learn how to write metrical poetry in all the major forms, from blank verse and quatrains to sonnets and villanelles. Each chapter provides step-by-step instruction that's accessible and easy to understand for even the most beginning poet.
&break;&break;This book includes unique features difficult to find anywhere else:
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Essential but non-intimidating instruction on meter and rhyme&break;
Focused assignments detailing how to make your first attempt at a specific form&break;
Illuminating discussions on pop culture, figures…
The
Gunderson Case Files is a wild ride. Ward definitely took a “kitchen sink and
everything” approach; there are kaiju, ancient sorceresses, spies, and aliens.
Basically, every pulp 1950s movie trope is all thrown together. And I loved that.
This is not a world I would want to live in — no kaiju for me, thank you — but
I had a lot of fun visiting. And I really hope to visit again.
A tough man in a tough town. He likes Ike, but not many other folks.
Los Angeles hides some weird and menacing things in her shadows. If you have the need, and can pay his daily rate plus expenses, maybe you can hire the man, for whatever strange things need handling, from hunters of forgotten gods to aliens that walk the streets in disguise.
The money from strangers spends just as well as yours, and Gunderson can be on the case. Not everything that goes bump in the night is dangerous. At least, not as dangerous as Gunderson.…
Ermentrude Wainwright is the Geek Witch, owner and proprietor of the
best game and comic shop in town.
When a cursed - and very illegal - game
guide falls into her hands, Ermentrude finds herself the target of a federal
investigation... and a very determined thief. Can Ermentrude keep the cursed
game guide safe and stop the thief before it's too late? Or will another city
fall to its malefic magic?
Geek Witch and the Treacherous Tome of Deadly Danger is a 14,000-word
novelette. It is a humorous urban fantasy starring a middle-aged protagonist,
geeks who play with enchanted dice, and a jar of magical blackberry jam.
