Monthly Archives: November 2013

New holiday romance available in time for Black Friday: Christmas Gifts

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Cora

I already said that there would be more new release announcements in the near future and now I’m making true on that promise and give you yet another new story. It’s a short and sweet holiday romance called Christmas Gifts … Continue reading →

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Quadruple 50th Anniversary Linkdump

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Cora

November 22/23 sees the fiftieth anniversaries of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the debut of Doctor Who and the deaths of C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley. However, at least the first two have been extensively discussed and written about, … Continue reading →

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Problematic content in English textbooks used at German schools

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Cora

In the course of the teacher training class I currently teach at the University of Vechta, we looked at English textbooks used at German schools. Now textbooks have gotten a lot better since my day, when we sometimes had books … Continue reading →

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New science fiction story available: Acacia Crescent

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Cora

It hasn’t been all that long since the last new release announcement and I already have another new story to announce. Nor will this be the last new release announcement for the foreseeable future, for I have a short Christmas … Continue reading →

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Vechta in the News

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Cora

Vechta, the town where I currently teach at the local university, made the national news today. But unfortunately for a sad reason, because a schoolbus carrying students to Vechta’s secondary schools crashed into a tree. Thankfully no one died, but … Continue reading →

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Mid November Linkdump

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Cora

I’ve been slacking up on the blogging and link collecting, cause I’m very busy at the moment. Nonetheless, I do continue to come across interesting links, so here are some of them. Lots of sex and gender discussion this time … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Prequel

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Cora

The BBC has released a mini-prequel to the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special. We get a few glimpses of the time war, plus seventeen years after the 1996 TV movie and eight years after the premiere of the new series … Continue reading →

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Posting from the University

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Cora

Just testing whether I can post from the university, now my office computer is actually online (WiFi reception is crappy in my office). Anyway, I already had a class this morning and I have another this afternoon. For lunch, I … Continue reading →

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Two not so new stories and a new cover

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, where I announce the latest Pegasus Pulp releases. For starters, if you’ve been visiting the Pegasus Pulp site lately, you may have noticed that the site now has a series of brand new … Continue reading →

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Freimarkt 2013

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Cora

Yesterday, on the last day before closing, I finally got the chance to visit our annual autumn fair, the Freimarkt, held in Bremen since 1035 AD, which makes this year’s Freimarkt the 778th reiteration. I wrote a bit more about … Continue reading →

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