Tag: baba yaga
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Folklore, Fantasy, and Fairy Tales
I have a guest post over at Jimbo’s Awesome SFF Book Reviews. I delve into the research behind The East Witch, and indeed, all of my fantasy. You should go check it out! With all of my fiction, though, whichever world, I start out by reading fairy tales and folklore and mythology, to use…
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New Release: The East Witch
Just in time for Christmas gifting! The East Witch is available in convenient ebook form. Anna’s rescue training kicked in when she tripped over the injured elf. Getting him home? No problem. Getting herself home again? That’s going to be a little more complicated. Trapped Underhill, in the land of the fae, Anna has…
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Review: Chicken Feet and the Firebird
Anyone who has read my posts and books will probably have picked up that I have an affection for Russian Fairy Tales. This is due in no small part to the very first book I ever owned. It was given to me at birth, and it’s a collection of beautifully illustrated fairy tales. The Frog…
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Review: Chicken Feet and Comfort Reading
No, no, I haven’t been cooking with chicken feet. Yes, I know it’s a thing. No, I really don’t plan to try it, although at least I know to take the chicken toenails off before serving. I’m talking about When Chicken Feet Cross the Highway by Alma Boykin. I’m always a sucker for Baba Yaga,…
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Fantastic Illustrations
As a companion piece to my Mad Genius Club post on a century of Fantasy in prose, here are some illustrations from the two oldest books I used, the 1890 Andrew Lang Red Fairy Book, and the 1920 edition of Arabian Nights.
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walking in the woods
Free story! Little Red and the Wolf-Man is available free on Amazon! I am going to let you all enjoy the story, while I take my family out for a hike in the woods of Vermont today. I will be returning to a regular schedule on Thursday, so hang on, I know the blog isn’t…