- A new faculty member faces his demons
- Spring break in hell
- Can demons and vacation mix?
- All four novellas from the Royal Academy
- Novella. Enchantment and lechery. Reprinted in Year's Besr Fantasy 2003
- Novella. Dryads, green slavery, and a reluctant god
- Novella. Only the cats knew what she did to her major professor
- Novella. Holidays and dragons
Contact: pat.bowne@gmail.com
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Fantasy for faculty: THE ROYAL ACADEMY NOVELS and NOVELLAS follow life in and around the Demonology Department of a modern university. Fiction for those of us who know there are demons in the basement.
"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."
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More Autumn Music – Westlin’ Winds
Here’s Robert Burns’ “Westlin’ Winds,” performed by Gregor Harvey and Grant Foster. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
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Music for a rainy autumn evening
My favorite autumn song- ‘A Leaf Must Fall,’ by Quickthorn. The album I have it on, “All Souls Arise,” says that Prydwyn and Kira are also performing, and the song is listed on Prydwyn’s myspace page. The album gives no … Continue reading
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Always a call for Beetles
I stayed so long in graduate school that they put me in the museum. Was this supposed to motivate me to finish? It didn’t; I liked being up there in the dry specimens’ collection, able to drool over the cases … Continue reading
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Coincidence
This has been a year of coincidences for me, but the most amazing one happened this evening, at Thanksgiving dinner. I was eating at my pastor’s house and she had invited her new neighbors, who’ve just moved into town from … Continue reading
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Happy Kindling!
Osyth does not celebrate Thanksgiving, but a similar holiday falls about this time of year — like most Osyth holidays, its date varies depending on the movements of the elementals. Kindling is celebrated after the winter elementals roar into town … Continue reading
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More Reviews
Kris Vasquez reviewed A Lovesome Thing at Amazon. Thanks, Kris! You were the first to buy and the first to review! Geranium Cat has read both books and reviewed them together. Another first, and many thanks! For folks interested in … Continue reading
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Things I’d forgotten about
Working at a womens’ college, you forget about things like this. It’s clever, but how could I possibly use it to inspire female scientists, when all they get to do in it is be sexy backup singers? And is it … Continue reading
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Guy Fawkes and the Cailleach
My father always remembered Guy Fawkes day, mainly because of the poem. “Please to remember The Fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason Why gunpowder treason Ever should be forgot.” How a little boy in New … Continue reading
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Disillusioned with the day job
Colleges try harder than a lot of other workplaces to keep the ‘we’re all family’ thing going. I think faculty try harder than a lot of other employees to believe in it. But every now and then you get a … Continue reading
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Outnumbered in my own home
I have always had two cats. The theory was that they would amuse one another when I was out of town, but of course this doesn’t always work out as planned. So for 16 years, I lived with two individually … Continue reading