Tag Archives: fiction

Astrobabble, bad and good

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved My favorite piece of egregious astrobabble, of course, is from Hair: When the moon is in the Seventh House, And Jupiter aligns with Mars; Then peace will guide the planets, And love will … Continue reading →

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Review of Dolphin Gate Book I: the Crown of Ptah

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

When thunderously terrible things happen, evil things that shake and remake a world, and then they are simply buried and forgotten, they tend to cause … issues later. Sometimes a long time later. The legend or memory of Atlantis tugs … Continue reading →

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Surprise! Review of Fresh Blood [stories]

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Occult Detective Bob Freeman (no, really, go follow his blog now, and come back. I’ll wait) sent me a “lagniappe” along with the expected review copy of his new comic. It’s a short … Continue reading →

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Foreshadowing of Fortune: The Winged Bull (plus …)

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

“I don’t read fiction1,” I am often caught saying, but it does have an “unless” clause. In this case, it was “unless I feel overloaded with study and just want to be led down a primrose path for a bit.” … Continue reading →

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Review of In the Bleak Midwinter (M. R. Sellars)

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

In the Bleak Midwinter M. R. Sellars WillowTree Press, November 2011 It took me a while to decide that I liked Sellars’s Rowan Gant novels, which is a little odd since I am squarely in their target market interest-wise (except … Continue reading →

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