It’s a mixed bag this #Folklore Thursday: Folklore still has things to teach modern humanity, but sometimes superstitions can be alarming.
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Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley by Lord Dunsany
3 stars.
Imagine if Don Quixote actually got to live a grand romance, with his trusty, comical manservant and won his fair lady for this story. This is probably what Don Quixote imagined for himself when he set out on his adventures. There’s some humor with the sidekick but it’s done straight. It’s a bit too dense for something that should have a whimsical treatment, but some might enjoy its richness.
Science Fiction Plot Prompts for the Week ending August 31, 2017
I’ve got got some ideas for scifi comedies this time.
Review: The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
3 out of 5 stars
I can see why H.P. Lovecraft is a master of cosmic horror. I’d admire his creativity if he didn’t have to pay for it with night terrors according to his biography. Though a modern writer would have to describe the horrors his characters face in this modern day and age and the trope of them becoming too incoherent to describe what it is happening wouldn’t work if the story was published nowadays.
The Bricolage Project Part 14: Home School Curriculum
A boy genius needs to learn special skills to reach for the stars.
It’s a big jump since I forgot to link the other parts here, but I finished publishing “The Bricolage Project” on Wattpad. You can now read the complete flashfic prequel series.
8th Publishing Credit: Canuck Commodities and Futures
My short story “Canuck Commodities and Futures” was accepted into Exile Publishing’s upcoming That Dammed Beaver: New Canadian Comedy anthology.
Top Fantasy Story Prompt for August 17 2017
I found some interesting folklore regarding August holidays that could be springboard for stories. Plus some ideas to add PC elements to fantasy.
Review: Roar by Cora Carmack
5 stars
Roar works as not only good YA but a good fantasy in general. A Princess is born into an elite line of magic practitioners but has to work to earn her magic instead of being a chosen one who has things happen too easily for her. At first she assumes this is a personal task but, later realizes the future of her land hinges on the success of her personal quest. I look forward to the further books in the series which is the highest compliment you can give to the first book in an epic fantasy.
Science Fiction Plot Prompts for the Week ending August 3, 2017
I found inspiration for two dramas and one possible scifi comedy this time.
check out what I mean here
Pretty White Snake will be reprint
I made my first reprint sale this week. “Pretty White Snake” will be in Augur magazine’s premiere issue.
