Erotica, fantasy, and horror writer.

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    [Reading Challenge 2018]
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Worldbuilding Wednesday 12/10/25: Estonian Names

Estonia is one of those countries that, when I was growing up, wasn’t paid much attention to and wasn’t in the news a lot. Until 1991 it was part of the Soviet Block, but what it was like, I couldn’t tell you. In this sense it was similar to a backwater country on a fantasy …

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Drop and Roll

The beast-riding post made me think of this wonderful cartoon, which has been around for at least 25 years and may have been inspired by one of the Jurassic Park movies.   Any info on the original creator?

Worldbuilding Wednesday 11/26/25: Monstrous Mounts

Haven’t been posting much on this blog lately because I’ve been working on a novel… one aspect of which I will share here. Figuring strongly in the novel is a decadent nation where magic-using warriors ride dragons into battle. Dragons are, in fact, bred by the island’s royal family for that purpose. So it stands …

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Alice/LOTR Mashup

Does anyone still use that term any more, mashup?  These Midjourney AI pics are from a series generated by artist Zaicab and posted on Reddit. Alice in Wonderland meets The Lord of the Rings, in the style of Victorian children’s books illustrations. I’m sure you can guess the characters and locations.  

Worldbuilding Wednesday 11/5/25: The Best of Twittersnips (Cat Magic)

The pic above reminds me of UrsulaK. LeGuin’s Catwings series, the only children’s books she wrote. (Earthsea was intended for teens, though these days it’s shelved under Adult.) In this series a mama cat gives birth to four winged kittens who have names like Harriet and James, and the quartet uses the wings to escape …

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The Death of Jadis (End of the Summer of Narnia)

Since it’s the end of another Summer of Narnia, here’s a visual essay about endings … the ending (death) of Jadis! It’s a scene you don’t find depicted too often. I can guess that it’s too grim.  It’s not an iconic event in the book like Lucy meeting Mr. Tumnus under the lamppost is. It …

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Worldbuilding Wednesday 9/10/25: Aslan Cakes (Narnia LXXIV)

If you had all the money in the world, wouldn’t you want an Aslan-shaped cake for your next celebration?   Aslan Cakes Royal Roar A red velvet cake sculpted in the form of a three-dimensional lion’s head with interior layers of mascarpone cream. It is covered with yellow and gold fondant airbrushed with lifelike details. …

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Summer of Narnia 2025 Fanfic Reviews, Part 2 [Review]

  More reviews of Narnia fanfic I’ve read. All of these are on AOW. Note some may be locked to users not a member of a site. An anchor in the drift, by booksabouttrains This story is a HHB AU in which Shasta doesn’t escape with Bree in time and winds up being a slave …

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