Review: The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills

Review: The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills

The Wings Upon Her Back 336 Pages $10.49 9781616964146 Tachyon Publications  Genre fiction can be hard for new properties to break into. Any new work set in a world outside of our own must sell the reader on the reality of that world. As such, it’s easier for ...
Books from Childhood: Do They Hold Up?

Books from Childhood: Do They Hold Up?

There was a big question that was written on the board one day that inspired this entire entry, along with passing by Barnes and Nobles and seeing a big red children’s book with a small teddy bear in green overalls, reaching for the button on the front of the book,...
Your Favorite Authors’ Favorite Authors 

Your Favorite Authors’ Favorite Authors 

  Have you ever wondered who your favorite authors’ favorite authors are? Well you have come to the right place. As a frequent user of GoodReads I took the liberty into investigating who my favorite authors’ favorite authors are. If you are also an...

Maggie Smith’s Many Faces—A Literary Tribute

  The day that legendary actress Dame Maggie Smith died was a hard one. Fans across the world raised their cups—and their wands—to the woman who played such characters as Mother Superior, Violet Crawley and the forever iconic Professor Minerva McGonagall. I mean,...
The Storytelling of Quirky Earthbound-Inspired RPGs 

The Storytelling of Quirky Earthbound-Inspired RPGs 

I owe a lot of my creative life to the plethora of “quirky Earthbound-inspired” indie RPGs that exist on the internet. You may have heard of some; big titles include Toby Fox’s Undertale and OMOCAT’s Omori. What I love about these games and their storytelling is the...