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- What’s New for the 26th of July:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
Tag Archives: urban fantasy
Simon R. Green’s The Man With The Golden Torc
Meet Eddie Drood. As a field agent for the powerful, enigmatic Drood family, he helps take care of problems that might otherwise threaten humanity. Demon possession? Werewolf attack? Rogue mage? You name it, if it’s evil and/or weird, chances are … Continue reading
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Tagged Supernatural Fiction, urban fantasy
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Simon R. Green’s Ghost of a Smile
When you have a problem with ghosts, you call the Carnacki Institute. They’ll discreetly handle everything from poltergeists to Big Black Dogges, exorcising or just plain terrorizing phantoms until they go away. The newest A-Team for the Institute is also … Continue reading
Roger Zelazny’s A Night In The Lonesome October Audiobook
All it takes is the name — Zelazny — and you have my attention. Like a dog presented with a favorite treat, I’m completely attentive to anything following. So when an audio book of one of my favorite tales — … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, urban fantasy
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John Ostrander and Timothy Truman’s Grimjack: Killer Instinct
I bust people out of prison, hunt down vampires, fight alien gods – all the fun jobs other people are too squeamish or too polite to do themselves. Call me a mercenary. Call me an assassin. Call me a villain. … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, urban fantasy
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Yasmine Galenorn’s Dragon Wytch
Yasmine Galenorn’s urban fantasy romance series began with the three books Witchling, Changling, and Darkling, which dealt with the adventures of the D’Artigo sisters Camille (a witch), Delilah (a werecat), and Menolly (a vampire). All three are of half-human, half-Fae … Continue reading
John Shirley’s War Lord and Subterranean
In the wake of his Constantine movie novelization, John Shirley went on to pen two original novels about Vertigo’s world-weary magus John Constantine, both published in 2006. With these novels, Shirley is clearly trying to reach two different sets of … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, urban fantasy
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F. Paul Wilson omnibus: The Tomb, Legacies, Conspiracies, All The Rage, and Hosts
“I can’t help wondering why these New World Order types should bother with an armed takeover. I mean, considering how nowadays people are slugging away at two and three jobs to make ends meet, how Mr. and Mrs. Average American … Continue reading
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Tagged horror, urban fantasy
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Hy Bender’s The Sandman Companion: A Dreamer’s Guide to the Award-Winning Comic Series
Lahri Bond wrote this review. In December 1988 a comic book debuted, which would change the face of the medium forever. The comic did not feature a superhero in brightly colored costume, a la Batman or Spiderman, nor was it … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, Neil Gaiman, urban fantasy
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