The great thing about fairy tales? Anyone can connect with them. They’re highly accessible. The only price of admission is being human. There’s a reason we give fairy tales to children. It’s about all they can connect with. They haven’t yet been told how to “get” Sartre, or Barthes, or any other tricky-to-pronounce French author.…
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Book Reviews, Fairy Tales / Folk Tales, Fantasy, Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, New Words Learned
The Girl Who Came Back to Life – a Review
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• •Book Reviews, Children's Books, Fiction Writing
Nick and Tesla’s Robot Army Rampage – a Review
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• •In their first adventure, Nick and Tesla rescued a girl from her kidnappers and managed to wiggle out of those same kidnappers’ clutches themselves. Now they need to help a friend find a stolen mint-condition comic book. Still spending the summer with their mad scientist uncle, Nick and Tesla are in the basement lab when…
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Humor, Mystery, New Words Learned, Romance, Short Stories/Novellas, Words
Short Stories – a Review
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• •In this collection of short stories by Thomas Ryan, you will find mystery, humor, abuse, murder, and romance of a different kind. Each story shows a different side of our human emotions, and their unexpected endings make these stories memorable. “Ruth” – Ruth is a woman who has been abused by her husband. She has…
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Horror, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
Brother – a Review
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• •Everyone has a hobby, an activity or interest they pursue for pleasure and/or relaxation. Michael’s mom has a hobby that is more than a bit unusual. Her hobby, the thing that gives her pleasure, is killing girls. Full of blood and gore, child abduction, abuse, cannibalism, and more, this book will keep you turning the…
Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Haunted Hotels in the U.S.
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Never Ever After – a Review
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• •Do you remember being read fairy tales when you were a child? The monsters were always defeated, the beautiful lady was always rescued by Prince Charming, and everyone lived happily ever after. Or did they? What happened after the end of the stories that we read? Did everyone really live happily ever after? In Never Ever…