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Road Runner, Road Runner, Runs Down the Road All Day

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Nathan

The Barbarian of World’s End, by Lin Carter – For some reason, this was the only book in this series I couldn’t find on Kindle, so I bought a used physical copy. As the title suggests, it focuses on Ganelon … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Board Games, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Discworld, Games, ghost roads, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Language, Mythology, Native American, Philosophy, Politics, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Technology, Terry Pratchett, Urban Legends, ursula vernon | Tagged afterlife, angel of the overpass, anima mundi, bobby cross, dinosaurs, furies, ghosts, gondwane, javelina, lin carter, munrungs, persephone, Poul Anderson, ray guns, roadrunner, rose marshall, snake-eater, t. kingfisher, the barbarian of world's end, the carpet people, the high crusade, weapons | 1 Comment

A Sworded Love Affair

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Nathan

Vellum: The Book of All Hours, by Hal Duncan – This is a complicated book by design, but still interesting to read, even if it’s not always clear what’s going on. It jumps around a lot between characters, times, places, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, incryptid, Japanese, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Urban Legends, ursula vernon, Welsh | Tagged aeslin mice, angels, bakeneko, chupacabra, clurichauns, cryptozoology, elric of melnibone, elves, fairies, ghosts, gnoles, goblins, gorgons, greenteeth, guy fawkes, gwyn ap nudd, h.p. lovecraft, hal duncan, iacchus, installment immortality, jenny greenteeth, mabinogion, mary dunlavy, metatron, mice, michael moorcock, molly o'neill, mourner's waltz, paladin's grace, pigs, reynard the fox, rolling stones, spring-heeled jack, stormbringer, swordheart, swords, t. kingfisher, the book of all hours, twrch trwyth, vellum, verity price, weapons | Leave a comment

Winning the Battle, Losing the Warlock

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Nathan

I’ve finished a few fairly short books within the last week or so, and here are some reviews. The Sword of Rhiannon, by Leigh Brackett – This is a pretty quick read that kind of mixes genres, although I suppose … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Celtic, Christianity, edgar rice burroughs, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Mythology, Names, Norse, Plays, Religion, seanan mcguire, Star Wars, Technology, William Shakespeare | Tagged afterlife, banshees, bluebeard, dogs, gardner fox, ghost roads, ghosts, hedgehogs, john bellairs, kyrik warlock warrior, leigh brackett, lust-stone, mars, mary dunlavy, michael scot, moddey dhoo, prospero, rhiannon, roger bacon, sparrow hill road, swords, t. kingfisher, the empire strikes back, the face in the frost, the seventh bride, the sword of rhiannon, the tempest, time travel, ursula vernon, valkyries, weapons, wizards | Leave a comment

This Planet Has a Moon Problem

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Nathan

The way things worked out, I ended up finishing several books around the same time, so here’s a series of reviews. It Waits in the Forest, by Sarah Dass – It’s another Rick Riordan Presents book, although I think its almost-eighteen … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemical Journeys, Alchemy, Arabian, Authors, Caribbean, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, Greek Mythology, incryptid, Islam, Japanese, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Piers Anthony, Religion, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Technology, up-and-under, Xanth | Tagged a. deborah baker, alif the unseen, amtor, arabian nights, artemis, barsoom, bucks, change, christina rossetti, cuckoos, diana, dragons, emerald city, g. willow wilson, goblin market, h.g. wells, impossible city, it waits in the forest, jinn, john wyndham, johrlac, mani, mars, moon, pellucidar, pirates of venus, rick riordan presents, sarah dass, six crystal princesses, tarzan, the midwich cuckoos, the war of the worlds, tidal creatures, tsukuyomi, venus, village of the damned | 3 Comments

Famous Monsters of Bookland

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Nathan

The Folded World, by Catherynne M. Valente – The sequel to The Habitation of the Blessed has John‘s daughter arrive in Pentexore to tell the inhabitants about the Crusades, and John’s subjects go off to fight in Jerusalem for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Christianity, Crusades, Families, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, incryptid, Islam, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Russian, seanan mcguire, Television | Tagged a dance with dragons, a dirge for prester john, a drop of venom, a song of ice and fire, abuse, aftermarket afterlife, alexander the great, antimony price, arthur harrington, baba yaga, bran stark, cryptids, dragons, dreaming of you in freefall, finding baba yaga, george r.r. martin, ghosts, jane yolen, john de mandeville, koschei the deathless, mary dunlavy, medusa, moxy früvous, nagas, pentexore, perseus, prester john, rick riordan presents, sajni patel, saladin, sarah zellaby, the folded world, the habitation of the blessed, vasilisa the fair, verity price, witches | 2 Comments

When Are They Going to Get to Canterbury?

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Nathan

The Spirit Glass, by Roshani Chokshi – The author of the Aru Shah series now turns to Philippine mythology, and she has that kind of ancestry as well as Indian. Corazon Lopez is from a family of babaylans, basically the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, incryptid, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philippine, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Xanth | Tagged alice price-healy, aru shah, babaylans, backpacking through bedlam, binidbuds, chanticleer, chaos, cryptozoology, demons, dragons, eugene j. crook, genghis khan, geoffrey chaucer, heaven cent, mercury, patient griselda, persephone, philosopher's stone, pluto, prosperpina, puns, reynard the fox, ronald l. ecker, roshani chokshi, sarah zellaby, shamans, skeleton key, the canterbury tales, the mysteries of the stolen god and where his waffles went, the spirit glass, theseus, thomas healy, verity price | 1 Comment

Haints and Saints

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Nathan

Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher – This novella plays on the Sleeping Beauty story, using the concept of a princess trapped in a tower due to a fairy’s curse. The focus is on the enchanter, a girl called Toadling who was … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Celebrities, Christianity, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Families, Greek Mythology, Health, History, Humor, In Memoriam, incryptid, Magic, Medicine, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Religion, Roman, seanan mcguire, Television | Tagged alf landon, alice price-healy, and sweep up the wood, antimony price, buddha, centaurs, changelings, cryptozoology, death, dragons, fairies, gustave flaubert, homosexuality, jenny greenteeth, jonathan greenberg, lafacadio hearn, lamia, lawrence welk, mo rocca, mobituaries, nagas, nebuchadnezzar, new jersey turnpike, odilon redon, pieter bruegel the elder, podcasts, president herbert hoover, president john quincy adams, queen of sheba, satan, satyrs, seven deadly sins, sleeping beauty, spelunking through hell, st. anthony the great, t. kingfisher, the temptation of saint anthony, thomas paine, thomas price, thornhedge | 2 Comments

Big Bugs and Birds

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Nathan

Calculated Risks, by Seanan McGuire – This one is a direct follow-up to Imaginary Numbers, with Sarah Zellaby and her allies transported into another dimension, and their memories of her having been erased. She has to do the calculations to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Authors, Book Reviews, Dreams, Humor, incryptid, Korean, Magic, Mathematics, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Persian, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Sexuality, They Might Be Giants, Xanth | Tagged antimony price, calculated risks, cheollima, fonda lee, ghost writer in the sky, gifted clans, graci kim, imaginary numbers, isis, johrlac, manticores, rabbits, rick riordan presents, rocs, sarah zellaby, singing the comic-con blues, sirens, the last fallen realm, untethered sky, verity price | Leave a comment

Instar Search

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Nathan

Elektra, by Jennifer Saint – This is the author’s second book based on Greek mythology, after Ariadne. I liked that one better, but maybe that’s my preference for the more fantastic myths. Not that Elektra’s story isn’t insane as all get-out, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Authors, Aztec, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Mayan, Mythology, Names, Native American, Plays, Poetry, Prejudice, Relationships, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Technology | Tagged agamemnon, ah-puch, aladdin, antimony price, arabian nights, ariadne, arthur harrington, cassandra, chalchiuhtlicue, clytemnestra, demons, elektra, follow the lady, genie, imaginary numbers, instar, j.c. cervantes, jaguar warriors, jennifer saint, jinn, johrlac, meru, mount meru, noel langley, omar khayyam, pantomime, rick riordan presents, s.b. divya, sarah zellaby, shadow bruja, tezcatlipoca, the land of green ginger, the lords of night, the wizard of oz (1939), trojan war, widow twankey | 2 Comments

Sidhe, Star, and Shaman Warriors

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Nathan

Ashes of Honor, by Seanan McGuire – Still in mourning over the death of her lover and loss of her daughter, October Daye finds out that her friend Sir Etienne had a changeling daughter with a mortal woman, and that … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Food, Hmong, incryptid, Kirby, Magic, Mythology, october daye, Relationships, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Video Games, Wayward Children | Tagged annwn, ashes of honor, cait sith, cats, chimes at midnight, christina rossetti, fairies, goblin fruit, goblin market, king dedede, kirby art and style collection, lori m. lee, pahua and the soul stealer, shee yee | Leave a comment

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Road Runner, Road Runner, Runs Down the Road All Day

A Sworded Love Affair

Winning the Battle, Losing the Warlock

This Planet Has a Moon Problem

Famous Monsters of Bookland

When Are They Going to Get to Canterbury?

Haints and Saints

Big Bugs and Birds

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