The beautiful cover art for C.S.E. Cooney’s 2015 book Bone Swans was what first caught my eye. The fact that it’s a short-story collection meant I’d definitely get around to reading it sooner or later, but seeing that at least two of the stories were retold fairy tales sealed the deal; a 99-cent sale for an e-copy of the book
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! This week we’re recapping the latest episode of Alice Isn’t Dead and then we talk about the things that, on a deep and primitive level, scare the hell out of us. Then we cheer ourselves up with some Zootopia and Daredevil, freak
How do you know when someone is a Spark? The answer is when they create something too mad to ignore. The adventures of Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius, continues! In this installment, Agatha finds herself on the run from the diabolical Baron Wulfenbach, and his lovelorn son, Prince Gilgamesh. Needing to travel unnoticed through the Wastelands,
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Okay, right, Welcome To Night Vale, The April Monologues. Interesting episode, more info on some of the characters, Steve Carlsburg has doomed the world, yada yada yada. NOW ABOUT THAT WALKING DEAD SEASON FINALE…
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! On the latest episode of “Alice Isn’t Dead”, things are getting creepier for our narrator (who’s name we still don’t know), and we learn a few more pieces of important information about her (other than minor details, like, y’know, her name).
The difference between a fairy tale and a truck driver’s story is that the fairy tale starts with “Once upon a time,” whereas the truck driver’s story starts, “You ain’t gonna believe this…” – An Old Trucker Saying Jimmie Aussapile’s trucker handle is “Paladin”, but he certainly doesn’t look like a holy warrior. Balding, mostly
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Springtime! The days are getting longer, the weather’s getting warmer, and everyone’s flocking to the Little League tryouts. At the Haunted Baseball Field. With a youth coach who died at least a century ago and who talks like Dracula. Play ball!
Jeff Wheeler (author of almost two dozen fantasy books including the Mirrowen trilogy and the Muirwood series) is set to release his latest book on April 1, the start of a brand new trilogy: the Kingfountain Series. A different kingdom in a different world, and a different direction for the successful fantasy author; this will be the
To H.P. Lovecraft, with all my conflicted feelings. The setting is 1920’s New York, in the busy neighborhood of Harlem and the nearby port neighborhood of Red Hook. A good-hearted hustler is drawn into the schemes of the wealthy and eccentric Robert Suydam, who’s plotting to raise an ancient horror from the deeps. The Ballad