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Entertaining and Smart
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: June 2011
Woodcuts (repost)
I bought two artworks at the Lakefront Festival of the Arts this year, and only after getting them home did I realize that both of them appealed to me because they looked as if they came out of books. The … Continue reading
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Answer to the mythology challenge
The quote is from “Being in Being: the collected works of a master Haida mythteller, Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighaway,” translated by Robert Bringhurst. The stories were transcribed phonetically in 1900, in what were then called the Queen Charlotte Islands … Continue reading
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A Mythology Challenge
Fantasy writers often pay lip service to the difficulties readers can encounter when entering a new mythology (our own), but it’s easy to forget just how opaque an unfamiliar genre can be. In my own work, I count on familiarity … Continue reading
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