Tag Archives: SJ Tucker

Summer Queen 2016, SJ Tucker

Any self-respecting lover of fairy tale, myth, and folklore winds up listening to music that can’t be found on the Top Forty charts (except, perhaps, the unofficial ones at science fiction conventions). There are, perennially, an astonishing number of efforts … Continue reading

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S.J. Tucker’s Haphazard

You watched me walking in; I know you did viper’s glance like I’ve never seen, taking me in Like a vessel, like a parcel, like a package, like a dream. Did you notice, oh, I wonder: our meaning didn’t correspond, … Continue reading

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S.J. Tucker’s For the Girl in the Garden and Solace and Sorrow

Given Catherynne M. Valente’s interest in interstitial art, it is unsurprising that creators in all media have been drawn to her Orphan’s Tales duology. As part of the October 30th launch for the second book, In the Cities of Coin and Spice, Valente … Continue reading

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S.J. Tucker and Gaia Consort at The Red and Black  Cafe

On the Friday night before the Faerieworlds Festival, my husband and I went to The Red and Black Cafe to see Gaia Consort play. The Seattle based pagan folk rock band has been a favorite of ours since we first saw them perform with … Continue reading

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Phil Brucato’s Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard’s Name

Most anthologies are notable for their contents; the authors, the concepts, the theme, the prose, the artwork. This one is all of that, and more: proof that magic can and does happen. Magic, as editor Brucato notes, that “flows from … Continue reading

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Catherynne M. Valente’s The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland

This line, near the beginning of the book, marks something of a philosophical shift in this series. In the previous two books, September’s lies and rebelliously independent spirit have been presented, by and large, as positive qualities. She has saved … Continue reading

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