- 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 knitting — chart 5
No sooner did I get chart 3-4 up than one of my knitting group told me it was really short! Maybe this will make people feel better. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
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Lace! Knitting! Summer break! Chart 3-4
These are little motifs so I put both in one chart. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
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Lace! Knitting! Summer break! Chart 2
This is the part that looks like Xmas trees. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
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Lace! Knitting! Summer break! Chart 1
This spring we’ve been holding an informal lace knitting class, so I’ve designed my first piece of lace ever – a sampler shawl in 14 parts. This is a narrow shawl, pretty fast to knit. You’ll want to start with … Continue reading
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Why I did not respond…
Dear friend, I see that you sent me a comment on Goodreads! I’m so grateful. I know about it because Tweetdeck which notified me. However, the link it gave did not reveal your comment. I tried to email you to … Continue reading
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Espresso Bookstores
A while back some friends and I were talking about how bookstores ought to be run, and lo and behold here’s someone making almost all the suggestions we tossed around! The best idea, I think, is the print-on-demand machine inside … Continue reading
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In which five people outwit one bird
I’ve remarked before that the way to see owls is to go out without either binoculars or camera. Ignoring my own advice, my friend Elaine Bergstrom and I went out to Seminary Woods, fully armed with cameras, to listen to … Continue reading
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Most useful quote of the week
Terry Windling posted this over at The Drawing Board. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better way of saying it: “So don’t be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting … Continue reading
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The Thick Night by Sunny Moraine
We discussed The Thick Night on #feministSF twitter chat today, and I’m still thinking about the story. I like stories that challenge me, and this one really did — it’s a story about a third world woman who’s given a … Continue reading
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Smashword Update
For anyone who missed my previous announcement, Kindling is available on Smashwords for $0.99. I’m still waiting for them to resolve their issues with Amazon, but if nothing happens in the next week I’ll look into publishing it there as … Continue reading
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