- 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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Unneeded Fantasy
Abigail Nussbaum’s most recent review over at Strange Horizons asks an interesting question — why use fantasy to tell a story? It’s a question I’ve been asking about several of the novels I’ve read lately. Fairies have been enjoying a … Continue reading
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Corrected knitting chart 5
The summer knit-along folks pointed out a problem with my chart. Great catch! Here’s the corrected version: TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
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Cat’s Evening Song
Oh, oh, if you don’t let me out I will die. Oh, oh, if you don’t let me out I will die. I will moan, I will cry, I will sob, I will sigh, I will fall down and perish … Continue reading
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A New Favorite — A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
I was already looking forward to this book before it was published. Sofia was one of the first people to review my first book, when I met her I really enjoyed our conversation, and I always learn something interesting from … Continue reading
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How not to court donors
I give to a charity, so today I was called by a pollster who appeared to have been commissioned by them. The best I could figure from the multitude of questions he asked me was that the organization is having … Continue reading
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I’m back – with more knitting charts.
For those of you doing the lace knitting project, you must be more than caught up by now! It’s been almost three weeks – so I’ll post the next 3 charts. Sorry for the delay. I was out having fun … Continue reading
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Coffee and Publishing
How cool a world is it, when you can put ‘publish novella’ on your to-do list and check it off before you’ve finished your coffee? Admittedly, it was a large coffee. Anyway, for those of you wanting another Osyth ‘fix’ … Continue reading
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If I Weren’t Grading…
I’d be editing my novella ‘Unite and Conquer’ into Kindle format. I just got permission to use Chris Hadley’s painting, ‘The Cat Jury’ on its cover! When I saw these wonderful, eerie cats, I knew they were the ones from … Continue reading
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I’m blogging over at Toni’s…
I have a guest blog post up at Toni Sweeney’s ‘My blog.’ Drop over and check it out! And many thanks, Toni! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
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Nice Safe Academics
My chorus is singing excerpts from Les Miz, so revolution is on my mind for about a half-hour every Tuesday night. The rest of the time, I do what I usually do — which includes scoping out enough academic news … Continue reading
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