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When Are They Going to Get to Canterbury?
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 |
Haints and Saints
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 |
Brownie Power
Mickey Mouse: The Ice Sword Saga, by Massimo De Vita – The ninth in the Disney Masters series highlights this Italian artist, in a tale where Mickey and Goofy are transported to an alternate world based on Norse mythology. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, seanan mcguire | Tagged a multitude of monsters, antimony price, bog womblers, brownies, centaurs, cryptozoology, disney masters, ebenezum, ghosts, giants, goofy, griffins, hel, hippogriffs, massimo de vita, mickey mouse, rocs, satyrs, that ain't witchcraft, the ebenezum trilogy, the great tournament of argaar, the ice sword saga, wuntvor, yeti |
Cactus Creeps
Picture by BlazingDazzlingDusk Although a lot of people keep small ones in their houses, the cactus is a pretty terrifying plant, so I’m not surprised that some video games use them as enemies. The two that immediately come to mind … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Crossing, Animals, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged 1000 needles, 10000 needles, bobcats, cacti, cactiballs, cactrots, cactuars, cactus cats, cats, cryptozoology, doki doki panic, dragon quest rocket slime, dragon quest v, fearsome creatures of the lumberwoods, final fantasy vi, folklore, gigantuars, gyroids, haniwa, link's awakening, mario hoops 3-on-3, mario sports mix, oracle of seasons, paper mario color splash, paper mario: sticker star, pokeys, saguaro, super mario bros. 2, super mario sunshine, super mario world, tetsyua nomura, tombstone city, william t. cox, yoshi |
Squink, Squank, Squonk
I saw a mention on Twitter of the Squonk, a mythical animal from my old home state of Pennsylvania, albeit not the part I’m from. Legends of this woeful creature come from the hemlock forests in the northern part of … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Conspiracy Theories, Final Fantasy, Monsters, Mythology, Science, Video Games | Tagged chemistry, cryptozoology, final fantasy xiv, hemlock, henry tryon, pennsylvania, squonks, william t. cox |
I’m Going to Lowryland!
Friends, has this ever happened to you? You finish a book but don’t write about it right away, because you can’t think of that much to say. Then you finish several others, but don’t have the chance to write, so … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, incryptid, Islam, Language, Magic, marissa meyer, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Roman Empire, seanan mcguire, Sexuality | Tagged a wizard in rhyme, aliens, amusement parks, antimony price, arachne, archenemies, christina rossetti, christopher stasheff, cryptozoology, goblin market, jinn, julius caesar, lowryland, metamorphoseon libri, metamorphoses, michael lowry, my son the wizard, ovid, pyramus, renegades, spanglish, super extra grande, superheroes, thisbe, tricks for free, trojan war, yoss |
Sinking the Stinking One
The Storm Runner, by J.C. Cervantes – This is another book from the Rick Riordan Presents label, and there’s a definite pattern to most of these. A kid who has trouble fitting in with their peers finds out they’re the … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Aztec, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Greek Mythology, incryptid, Japanese, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Native American, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire | Tagged a wizard in rhyme, ah-puch, antimony price, chaos choreography, christopher stasheff, cryptozoology, hero twins, ixtab, j.c. cervantes, jian ghomeshi, kukumatz, magic for nothing, manticores, moxy früvous, quetzalcoatl, rick riordan presents, the secular wizard, the storm runner, verity price, yokai, zane obispo |
Mythed Opportunities
Myth-ion Improbable, by Robert Asprin – This was Asprin’s return to this series after a break of eight years due to trouble with the IRS. And I haven’t read any of the books in the series in a few years, … Continue reading →
Posted in Australian, Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, seanan mcguire, Urban Legends | Tagged a wizard in rhyme, bunyips, catherynne valente, cryptozoology, drop-bears, matthew mantrell, myth-ion improbable, pocket apocalypse, radiance, robert asprin, saul bremener, skeeve, something m.y.t.h. inc., the witch doctor, vampires, werewolves, witches, wizards, yowies |
Catching Up with Constance (and Others)
Not counting the one on The Lost Tales of Oz, how long has it been since I’ve done a book review post? I checked, and it looks like it’s been about a month. And on Goodreads, I’m still listed as … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Robert Rankin, seanan mcguire | Tagged al capone, al jolson, aleister crowley, alex price, barry the time sprout, constance verity, constance verity saves the world, cryptozoology, fairies, giants, gorgons, griffins, half-off ragnarok, jim pooley, john omally, melissa grey, prince albert, queen victoria, the abominable showman, the girl at midnight, the last adventure of constance verity, the lord of the ring roads, the witches of chiswick, vegetable lamb of tartary |
Another Mouse Self
Midnight Blue-Light Special, by Seanan McGuire – The second book in the InCryptid series has the Covenant of St. George planning a cryptid purge in New York City, and Verity Price and her family and friends doing what they can … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Humor, madeleine l'engle, Monsters, Mythology, Rick Riordan | Tagged albert einstein, aliens, andrea castellan, bill walsh, cryptozoology, demons, floyd gottfredson, goofy, hoosat from another planet, incryptid, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, mickey mouse, mickey vs. mickey, mickey's dangerous double, midnight blue-light special, ohm-eye, robots, sayantani dasgupta, seanan mcguire, the serpent's secret, time travel, tuntuni, uncle wombat, uncle wombat's tock-tock time machine, verity price |