I purchased this book for my own pleasure, with no expectation of a review ‘Arum Nostrum Non Est Aurum Vulgi: Our gold is not common gold.’ ~ Alchemist saying Brown’s Red Rising is a thrill ride from start to finish! We bear witness to a series of amazing, brutal alchemic transformations that create […]
Category: Misc
Slang of a Bygone Era- Mediaeval
Slang, colloquialisms, idioms. These are the myriad vagaries of language, accenting and highlighting culture and subculture. These are the things that make word-play fun, and enhance your writing. Below are 13 slang words from Mediaeval times for your enjoyment! Try using some in your own works! Example sentences courtesy of the Jericho crew. 1. Basta […]
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From Forensics to Fiction Author: How Turning Down a Buckle Changed My Life Path
Sometimes, in losing something, you gain far more, even when it is such an intimate loss as an arm or a leg. Or an eye. Like redwood forests that need the cleansing destruction of Wildfire to burn out strangling undergrowth in order to properly flourish, so might the human spirit need a similar destruction to […]
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Growing Up with the X-Files
Dreams are the answers to questions we’ve not yet learned to ask. ~Agt Fox Mulder. I am beyond excited! Tonight is the premiere of a short run of the X-Files. I grew up with this show. It’s been over two decades since the show first aired, and it gave me a grounding point […]
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7 Classic Cinematic Dystopias
I admit, I have a love for dystopic fiction. They can showcase humanity’s most formidable qualities, such as tenacity, perseverance, and dedication. They delve into some of our darkest fears, most especially the fear of a loss of control. In many, the government, often under a ‘benevolent’ guise, has taken control of all aspects of […]
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Book Review- The Death Mask by Tom Raimbault (Winter Dolan)
Raimbault’s The Death Mask was one crazy ride. It was like walking down a lazy country road listening to a elder tell stories of their past, replete with the rambling and penchant for repetition. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy my gramps’ stories, rambling and all. Hey, everyone loves gossip. For a book, it […]
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Book Review- The Death Mask by Tom Raimbault (Dr d’Merricksson)
This book was reviewed for The Rookery by J A d’Merricksson, with no expectations by either author or publisher for a positive review. In Raimbault’s The Death Mask, one poor family is twice unlucky, with separate disasters striking both mother and daughter. In the wake of the final disaster, Michael, husband and father, creates […]
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Book Review: On Parson’s Creek by Richard Sutton
Sutton accurately portrayed a young man trying to fit into a new school. Making friends can be so difficult when you are an outsider. make friends when he’s seen as an outsider.
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Book Review- Constructed of Magic and Other Poems on the Immortality of the Human Spirit by Louis Alan Swartz
I really rather enjoyed Swartz’ collection of poems in the book Constructed of Magic, despite many of the poems involving rhyming . Rhyming poems are usually a big turn-off for me. Many of the poems in this book dealt with a difficult topic for most people- death. Yet, Swartz’ take on things is more light-hearted. […]
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Rebels Unite- Banned Book Week 2015
Welcome to Banned Book Week 2015 (Sept. 27th- Oct. 3rd), celebrating freedom of reading! Censorship is the bane of the literary community. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry…nothing is safe from small minds that seek to suppress books found objectionable for some reason or the other. Every year books are challenged to be banned and removed from […]
