Category Archives: Books

I’m doing it wrong

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Marie Loughin

I just looked at the top 20 best-sellers at Amazon. Here is what I found. Fifteen of the 20 are nonfiction. Six are nutrition/diet books. Three of those are in the top 10. The first fiction book comes in at … Continue reading →

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A Helluva Tale

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Marie Loughin

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 →

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The Unbinding of Fenrir (or…”He’s baaaack!”)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Marie Loughin

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 →

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And the story continues… (Coffin Hop 2012)

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Marie Loughin

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 →

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Invasion of the Cosplayers

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Marie Loughin

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 →

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Night Market (through a psychedelic lens)

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Marie Loughin

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 →

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Ray Bradbury — How do I begin?

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Marie Loughin

I don’t have a real post today. Nor do I have time to write one. But I saw in the news that Ray Bradbury has died and had to say something. How do I begin? I could get lost talking … Continue reading →

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Books I Want to be Buried With

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Marie Loughin

A while back, I ranted about the digitization of literature. Soon we won’t even keep our electronic files in our homes, anymore. Everything will be stored in “the cloud,” an undefined somewhere else. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not against e-books. … Continue reading →

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Ruminations on Aniko Carmean’s Stolen Climates (Or “I’ll take a little myth in my horror, thank you.”)

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Marie Loughin

After spending so much time thinking about the horror genre over the last couple of weeks (here, here, and here), this seems like a good time to talk about some actual horror by Aniko Carmean. At least, in my opinion, … Continue reading →

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Horror – the Ultimate Definition (Yeah, right.)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Marie Loughin

Over the past week, the members of TESSpecFic* have posted their various opinions on the question: “What is horror.” And the opinions have been various, indeed! After six thoughtful, intelligent discussions, I’m still no closer to being able to make … Continue reading →

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