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Her world is engaging and unexpected ... consider it the Harry Potter series told from the perspective of the magic teachers. This makes this novel a great read for adults and also a fresh perspective on the whole wizardry thing. Highly recommended!"I was delighted to come across this wry, inventive fantasy... Anyone who's spent time at a university will recognize the place...
I'd recommend this to anyone who appreciates academic life, spells, counter-spells, supernatural battles, and the charms of discourse.
... a much more interesting take on demonology than the more traditional realm-of-hell version...definitely recommended
A tenure-track position is a wonderful thing -- even when it comes with demons.
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Demons don't take time off for spring break...
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11,000 word novella
Mix the Demonology Department's resident curmudgeon, a dragon, and a banshee in the world's messiest, most dangerous research museum...
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8,000 word novella
William Harrison Gracile, enchanter and development officer extraordinaire, has never met a woman he couldn't handle - until he finds himself between a maker of dreams and the academy's only professional lecher. Previously reprinted in Year's Best Fantasy 3.
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7,000 word novella
None of Anders Regans' colleagues in Demonology would have voted him most likely to become a god, but what did they know? A mild-mannered botanist finds himself embroiled in plant pornography, dryad rights, and the theology of conference door-prizes. Illustrated by Georgie Schnobrich.
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
First chapter is up!
I finished the page proofs for “Advice from Pigeons” yesterday and have uploaded the first chapter onto my website. You can read it here. Share This:TweetFacebookStumbleUponDiggDelicious
Soulless by Gail Carriger
If I had judged this book by its cover I would have saved myself needless confusion, for the cover clearly shows that it is a steampunk novel; the top hat with gears attached, and the mechanical parasol, are giveaways. Share … Continue reading
Why Your Diet Didn’t Work
From the Royal Academy Archives Ten years ago it was fashionable in some circles to assert that so-called ‘reality’ was merely consensus on the part of the people who supposedly defined it for us all – scientists. Of course, anyone … Continue reading
Why English Profs will never take over the Royal Academy
Mimi and David suggested that English profs at a magic university would be uniquely powerful because of their control over words, and which words others would be able to use. Well, all this sinister plotting about controlling reality by limiting … Continue reading
Mystery bone
In real life, I found this on the Texas gulf coast – both disarticulated (isn’t it elegant?) and as parts of carcasses. So, whose bone is it and how did you tell? Give it your best shot. I’m interested in … Continue reading
Arcane Humanities
Plot Noodling Post — Be warned! Any cool ideas you post in these comments may be used in a future novel or story, and I will not even try to keep track of who deserves credit. Don’t post any ideas you aren’t … Continue reading
Hiding out
I was poking around over at the University of Venus and found a discussion about where faculty ‘hid’ on campus, when they needed to get some work done without interruption. On my current campus, I don’t have a hideyhole. The discussion … Continue reading
The Royal Academy – Why and What?
Greetings, and welcome to the first post on the Royal Academy of Osyth blog. Some of you may have visited the Royal Academy through the pages of Tales of the Unanticipated, or Year’s Best Fantasy #3, but most are probably … Continue reading