Tag Archives: sword and sorcery

Cora’s Adventures at the Virtual 2021 Octocon

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Cora

As I mentioned on this blog some time ago, I spent the first October weekend at Octocon, the Irish National Science Fiction Convention, which was virtual this year for obvious reasons. But before I get to my adventures at Octocon, … Continue reading →

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Foundation is “Preparing to Live” and deviates from the books a lot

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Cora

I’m still not sure, if this will be an ongoing series of episode by episode reviews, but I did watch the second episode of Foundation on this shit show of an election night. Reviews of previous episodes (well, just one … Continue reading →

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New Kurval Adventure Available: The Frozen Citadel

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Cora

As the title of the post indicates, this is a new release announcement. However, it’s actually a double new release announcement, because I also have a story in Simultaneous Times Vol. 2.5, a free e-book anthology published by my friends … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for August 2021

Posted on August 31, 2021 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 and small press authors newly published this month, … Continue reading →

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Fancast Spotlight: So I’m Writing a Novel

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Cora

I initially started the Fanzine/Fancast Spotlight project to highlight Hugo-eligible fanzines, fansites and podcasts. For more about the Fanzine/Fancast Spotlight project, go here. You can also check out the other great fanzines and fancasts featured by clicking here. The Hugo … Continue reading →

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Eternia Revisited – Some Reflections on Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Cora

Like everybody who was a kid in the early 1980s and had access to US cartoons, I watched the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series. Though I was lucky, because the “access to US cartoons” part was … Continue reading →

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The 2021 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. In other news, blogging will be light this month and the remaining two … Continue reading →

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Conan the Socialist

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Cora

I know that I should probably spend more of my time reading current year Hugo finalists, but instead I’m still reading my way through the entire Conan series. I read some of the bowdlerized Lancer/Ace Conan editions years ago, but … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for June 2021

Posted on June 30, 2021 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 and small press authors newly published this month, … Continue reading →

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New Kurval Sword and Sorcery Novella Available: The Black Knight

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Cora

This June is turning out to be sword and sorcery month for me. Two weeks ago, I had a sword and sorcery story called “The Gate of Mist” come out in Whetstone Magazine – a story which got this nice … Continue reading →

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