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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: September 2014

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some August … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: July 2014

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some June … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: June 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some May … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday Linkdump

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Cora

True story, I actually was in Rome on Palm Sunday once. Our hotel was near the Vatican and so I even chanced to see the Pope (John Paul II, i.e. two popes ago) holding mass on St. Peter’s Square. I … Continue reading →

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Too Bloody Hot Linkdump

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Cora

Tor.com sums up all the important stuff that happened at this year’s San Diego Comicon. Love Loki assembling his army in the middle of a “Marvel films” panel. I never much cared for Loki in the comics (or Thor for … Continue reading →

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Fresh May Links

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Cora

According to the Telegraph, the translators who translated Dan Brown’s new book were basically kept secluded in some kind of maximum security bunker without mobile phones, internet access and very little time outside. I’ve heard of conditions like those in … Continue reading →

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The Last of Miss Sookie Stackhouse

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Cora

I was in town today to visit my aunt at the care home where she lives. And since I was in town already, I also picked up a really cute Yoda t-shirt (In summer, I often wear t-shirts with movie, … Continue reading →

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Oktoberfest Linkdump

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Cora

Even though it’s still September, the original Munich Oktoberfest started today with the traditional tapping of the first beer keg by the mayor of Munich and also kicked off the autumn fair season in Germany. Personally, I prefer our own … Continue reading →

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Dracula, urban fantasy clichés, vampiric Playboy bunnies and some birthday photos

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Cora

April 20, 2012 is the centenary of Bram Stoker’s death, so the culture pages and programs are filled with a lot of discussions of vampires in general and Dracula in particular – because most people have never heard of Stoker’s … Continue reading →

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The original sexy vampire dies – RIP Jonathan Frid a.k.a. Barnabas Collins

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Cora

First of all, the original sexy vampire, Canadian actor Jonathan Frid who played Barnabas Collins on on the gothic soap Dark Shadows in the late 1960s, died aged 87. There is another obituary here. Jonathan Frid had a lot more … Continue reading →

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