Title: Harp of Winds Author: Maggie Furey Cover art: Steve Assel ISBN: 0-553-56526-5 Back Cover: Driven from the holy city of Nexis by the crazed Archmage Miathan, the flame-haired Lady Aurian has survived the deadly sandstorms of the South. But now, round with child and bereft of her magic powers, she and her beloved Anvar […]
Fantasy Gathering A dash of wizardry and dragons
Aurian by Maggie Furey
Title: Aurian Author: Maggie Furey Cover art: Steve Assel ISBN: 0-553-56525-7 Back Cover: To the city of Nexis, where Magefolk in their white-walled towers rule uneasily over a restive race of Mortals, a young girl comes to learn the magic arts. Aurian, a quicksilver swordswoman, has inherited the Earth-magic from her mother and Fire-magic from […]
Remembering 9/11
Here we are on the day of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It’s hard. I haven’t been able to watch any tributes or remembrances about 9/11. It’s odd. I didn’t lose anyone so it didn’t hit close to home but in many ways, it did hit close to home. It’s been said over and over […]
Ogre, Ogre – Piers Anthony
Title:Ogre, Ogre Author: Piers Anthony Cover art: Darrell K. Sweet ISBN: 0-345-35492-3 Back Cover: Smash knew all about ogres. After all, despite having a human mother, Smash was an ogre himself. Ogres were not only huge and horribly ugly, as Smash was; they were also so stupid they could hardly speak, and they spent most […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Textured
The Weekly Photo Challenge for this week is: Textured I wasn’t sure which one to go with so I put both pictures up. In the evening sun, my camera isn’t doing a good job of focusing. Close-up of rings of a fallen pine tree. It was cut with a chainsaw a few days back and […]
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume II
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I read Volume I back in the very late 90’s and I remember I couldn’t get enough. I read through the stories and absolutely enjoyed it. Then once I hit Volume II, the excitement died out. I remember that by the time I got to “The Hound of […]
