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Wight Supremacy

Gods Behaving Badly, by Marie Phillips – This book involves the Greek gods living in a single house in London with diminished powers. Sound familiar? Okay, I don’t know that I’ve read anything with that specific scenario, but I’ve come … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Humor, Mythology | Tagged aphrodite, apollo, artemis, charon, dionysus, eros, gods behaving badly, hollow city, library of souls, marie phillips, miss peregrine's home for peculiar children, ransom riggs, wights, zeus |

You’ve Come to the Wight Place

I first remember coming across the term “wight” in Tunnels of Doom, a dungeon-crawling role-playing game for the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer. I’m assuming the game was inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and in turn by J.R.R. Tolkien. I believe … Continue reading →

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