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Rash Decisions

Posted on June 9, 2026 by Nathan

The Hungry Tiger of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I reread this book for its centennial, and as usual, it was a fun experience. The adventure of the famous feline starts out quite similarly to Cowardly Lion, not only … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Characters, Economics, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television | Tagged atmos fere, betsy bobbin, big wigs, carter green, cowardly lion, deadly desert, down town, emerald city, ev, giants, guph, hungry tiger, hurry-canes, immense city, indus tree, ippty, kaliko, klik, loonville, nome kingdom, nomes, ottoman empire, ozma, patrick maund, princess elma, queen fi nance, quick sandals, rash, rash rubies, rinkitink in oz, the baum bugle, the cowardly lion of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, tik-tok of oz, tiny toon adventures | Leave a comment

Always Chasing Rainbows

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Nathan

Today, I’m reviewing two Oz books, one new to me and another that I first read a quarter of a century ago. The Black Rainbow of Oz, by David M. Keyes – The second book in the New Oz Chronicles returns … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Gina Wickwar, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a nightmare in oz, anna-maria cool, beak the parrot, betsy bobbin, bungle the glass cat, chief thundercloud, conventions, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, emma lou, fairies, fred meyer, international wizard of oz club, kabumpo, ketzal, king gugu, leprechauns, mombi, new oz chronicles, ozma, paddy o'paint, parrots, penny the teacup poodle, polychrome, prince cyan, prince pompadore, princess vitrea of silica, pumperdink, rainbow, scarecrow, silica, sir hokus of pokes, the black rainbow of oz, the hidden prince of oz, tin woodman, vitriol of silica, vitrix of silica, zeebo | 1 Comment

To Dust Ye Shall Return

Posted on March 11, 2026 by Nathan

Tea & Alchemy, by Sharon Lynn Fisher – I read this as part of a Kindle promotion, and didn’t really know anything about it other than that it was fantasy. It’s a supernatural romance set in Cornwall in 1854, specifically … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Christianity, Comics, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Video Games | Tagged aphania, before shadowgate, danielle paige, dorothy must die, ellen miles, f.x. nine, fairies, fenlings, fred barnard, griffins, his dark materials, jane eyre, lakmir the timeless, lurline, lyra belacqua, nexdorea, nome king, ozma, petsetilla's posy, philip pullman, shadowgate, shadowgate rising, shadowgate saga raven, sharon lynn fisher, tea and alchemy, the book of dust, the dictionary of imaginary places, the rose field, tom hood, vampires, worlds of power, yellow brick war | 3 Comments

Courses for Horses

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Nathan

I’ve had another one of my stories published in the 2025 issue of Oziana, and since I’ve now read my contributor’s copy, I suppose I should say a few things about it. The cover illustration is by Rob. Lauer. “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Diane Brzozowski, Food, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a catastrophic celebration in oz, a farewell to oz, birds, captain fyter, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, dr. pipt, emerald city, giants, gump, horses, j. l. bell, jim the cab-horse, liquid of petrifaction, magpies, margolotte, mel vavaroutsos, nine tiny piglets, ojo, otis frampton, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, princess marygolden of corabia, queen of the field-mice, rob lauer, samandra, sawhorse, scarecrow, scott b. blanke, sir hokus of pokes, snip the button boy, stampedro, stephen smith, sultan of samandra, the bricks, the joust of oz, the lost king of oz, the low mare of oz, the missing key, the patchwork girl of oz, the piglets and the tin soldier, the royal joust of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, where's my oil can?, winged monkeys, wizard of oz, writing, yellow brick road, zim greenleaf of oz | 4 Comments

Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Nathan

Here are my thoughts on four more Oz books I’ve read for the first time in the past month or so. Veggy Man of Oz, by Nate Barlow – I know this author now as the guy who does enthusiastic … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dick Martin, Games, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Plays, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports, William Shakespeare | Tagged baseball, blinkie, buckethead enterprises of oz, cap'n bill, captain salt, carter green, clowns, cowardly lion, crescent moon, dinosaurs, dorothy gale, enya, fairies, glinda, gregory maguire, jinxland, jordan monsell, kerrie mcintire, king krewl, king rinkitink, merfolk, merla, mirror men, mombi, nimmie amee, nonestic ocean, notta bit more, ozcon international, ozma, pastoria, pirates in oz, princess clia, queen aquareine, sail away to oz, scarecrow, shakespeare's oz, sienna arts, sycorax, t. jacob madison, the crescent moon of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the tempest, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, tyrannicus terrificus, tyrannosaurus rex, veggy man of oz, wicked witch of the west, witches | Leave a comment

Nomecoming

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Nathan

In this post, I’m going to be reviewing a few fan-written Oz books that I’d read at least once before, but not in a while. Button-Bright of Oz, by Harry Mongold – I borrowed this book some years ago, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mathematics, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a wonderful journey in oz, acinad, acinad goes to the emerald city of oz, betsy bobbin, button-bright, button-bright of oz, christina plunkett, danica libutti, dorothy gale, elves, emerald city, giants, glinda, harry mongold, improbable forest, ix, jack pumpkinhead, jason cook, jeremy steadman, john dough and the cherub, k. kline, kaliko in oz, kinglet of phreex, krook, lucky bucky in oz, magic belt, magic umbrella, matt mcdermott, mombi, nomes, oziana, ozma, pigs, professor wogglebug, queen zixi of ix, roberto sanchez, ryan wooten, satire, sawhorse, scarecrow, sheep, the emerald ring of oz, the giant horse of oz, the improbable forest, the lost princess of oz, the magic diamond of oz, the marvelous monkeys of oz, the sawhorse of oz, time travel, time travelling in oz, tin woodman, trickolas om, ugu the shoemaker, walapus, walpirtis, witches | Leave a comment

You Can’t Take it with You

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Nathan

Years ago, although it doesn’t feel like it, I wrote about the inconsistent rules for magic outside fairyland in the Oz books. There are a few elements here that I thought I’d expand upon. I’ll start with an exchange towards … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged button-bright, camels, circlets of halidom, david perry, dorothy gale, elixir of life, fairyland, glinda, hugh pendexter, humpty bumpty, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jewelry, jewels, jinrikisha, john dough and the cherub, kapurta, love magnet, magic belt, merry go round in oz, michael patrick hearn, nome king, oz and the three witches, ozma, ozma of oz, peter brown, pirates, pirates in oz, polacky the plunderer, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, red jinn, robin brown, shell city, silver shoes, speedy, speedy in oz, the annotated wizard of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the road to oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tompy terry, umbrella island, uncle henry, w.w. denslow, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz, yankee, yankee in oz | 2 Comments

Tik-Tok on the Clock But the OzCon Don’t Stop

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Nathan

Beth and I went to OzCon International again this year. I hadn’t felt like doing much of anything as of late, so I didn’t contribute anything to the program this time. Actually, I thought I’d submitted a story about Pastoria … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Awards, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Mario, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Revisiting Disney, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged abba, alice in wonderland, amusement parks, andy sklar, anil tambwekar, aron toman, axel alonso, cesily collette taylor, cindy ragni, colin ayres, conventions, cosplay, costumes, craig miller, david diket, dick rutter, disneyland, dogs, dorothy gale, elphaba, emerald city, emkay shrader, freddy fogarty, frozen, giles crawford, glinda, greg ehrbar, gump, harry mongold, hel, international wizard of oz club, jeffrey mchale, jellia jamb, jen tracy, jim rutter, jordan monsell, king terribus of spor, lakitu, larry king, lyle conway, mario kart, merlin, mouseketeers, neil cuadra, nessarose, ozcon international, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pastoria, paul dana, peter hanff, polychrome, rainbow road, return to oz, rob roy macveigh, ruth cuadra, sam milazzo, sharon commins, tara tagliaferro, tarot cards, the enchanted island of yew, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the rainbow road to oz, the wiz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tiffany sutton, tik-tok, tim hollis, tim tucker, tin woodman, tippetarius, tom thumb, toto, ultimate oz universe, victoria calamito, w.w. denslow, walt disney, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, writing | 1 Comment

Woman, What Have You Done with the King?

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Nathan

The Lost King of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I first read this in junior high, along with many of the other post-Baum Oz books. Here are my thoughts on my most recent reread, and it does include SPOILERS. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Dreams, Food, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged back woods, benny, bill the weather-cock, blankenburg, cats, catty corners, dorothy gale, elephants, fairies, geese, glinda, grampa in oz, humpy the dummy, kabumpo, kimbaloo, lurline, magic picture, mombi, ozma, pajuka, pastoria, professor wogglebug, scooters, snip the button boy, the giant horse of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, witches, wizard of oz | 7 Comments

Hit the Brakebills

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Nathan

The Wicked Will Rise, by Danielle Paige – The second book in the series starts with Amy, now more skilled at magic and action skills, fighting the Cowardly Lion and grappling with her dark side. Traveling with a mentally drained … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Dragon Quest, Drugs, Economics, Education, France, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, History, Humor, Language, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Mythology, Names, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Video Games | Tagged alexandre dumas, auguste maquet, brakebills university for magical pedagogy, button-bright, christopher tolkien, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, fairies, fillory, lev grossman, magic portals, morgan le fay, napoleon bonaparte, neitherlands, odysseus, oogaboo, orpheus, ozma, pearl, polychrome, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, sir orfeo, the count of monte cristo, the magicians, the perhappsy chaps, the wicked will rise, wizard of oz, wood between the worlds | 1 Comment

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Rash Decisions

Always Chasing Rainbows

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Nomecoming

You Can’t Take it with You

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