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A Helluva Tale
Welcome Coffin Hoppers and other friends! I’m excited to announce that the e-book for my dark humor short story Hell Hole is now available for sale. Strike that. The Hell Hole e-book is available for free! For the next three … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Hops, Books, Coffin Hop 2012, humor, Marie's Fiction
Tagged Anthology from Hell, golf, Hell Hole, Short story, urban fantasy
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The Unbinding of Fenrir (or…”He’s baaaack!”)
In honor of Halloween and Coffin Hop 2012, I’ve decided to share an excerpt from my dark urban fantasy, Valknut: The Binding. Since the first chapter is available for free at Amazon, it makes sense to share something else. Something … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Hops, Books, Coffin Hop 2012, Marie's Fiction, Myth in fiction, Urban Fantasy
Tagged Fenrir, fiction, Marie Loughin, Norse mythology, Valknut: The Binding
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And the story continues… (Coffin Hop 2012)
In my world, Halloween begins today. If I had more talent, I would write a song. It would be called “The Eight Days of Halloween,” and it would go something like this: On the first day of Halloween My blog … Continue reading
The anticipation…the drama…the horror!
Ah, October, when leaves fall and trees reach their bony fingers to the sky, when I think of Snoopy and the Red Baron and candy sorted into little piles on my bedroom floor. How sad to be all grown up, denied … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Hops, Coffin Hop 2012
Tagged Blog Hop, Coffin Hop, fiction, Halloween, horror
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Ruminations on Clashing Myths and Movies
Quick note: Halloween quickly approaches, my favorite time of year. To celebrate, I will be participating in Coffin Hop next week. This is an event sponsored by writers of horror and dark fiction. To be honest, I don’t totally understand … Continue reading
Posted in Myth in fiction, Ruminations
Tagged Andromeda, Clash of the Titans, Greek mythology, Kraken, Norse mythology, Perseus
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Of zombies, Poseidon, and tidal waves
Okay, so I’ve been MIA from my blog for far too long. We won’t even talk about that New Years Goal that shall be buried in the graveyard of laughable promises. I have many excuses, but none of them are … Continue reading
Posted in humor, Life
Tagged Olan Rogers, Poseidon, storyteller, storytelling, YouTube, Zombie
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About boats and glinting sunshine
Sorry to be quiet so long. First there were life events, and then Daughter1.0 and I tagged along with my husband to a work-related convention. The nice thing about going to work-related conventions is that you often get to stay … Continue reading
Invasion of the Cosplayers
Last week, I wrote about the Summer Night Market, where I ate interesting things, bought interesting things, and saw interesting people. In particular, I saw people in interesting clothes, with hair color not usually seen on humans. In fact, I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Life
Tagged anime, Cosplay, manga, Night Market, Science fiction convention, Vancouver
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Night Market (through a psychedelic lens)
When I first heard rumors of the Vancouver Night Market, images from Neil Gaiman’s floating market of London Below came to mind. A night market should be a little weird, a little gritty, and full of eccentric individuals. I should be … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Life
Tagged Anime Revolution, Cosplay, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Vancouver Night Market
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Melancholy Elephants and Copyright
Twenty-five years ago, I read a science fiction short story called Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson. And for twenty-five years, this story has popped into my head whenever I hear news of lawsuits for copyright infringement. Melancholy Elephants is a good … Continue reading
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