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Genre Wars: SF & F and Magic
Last week I shared my musings on the divide between scifi and fantasy, and why it’s not the most helpful or natural distinction. Over at pcbushi.com, one of…
The Word-Hoard: Illusory
Illusory: adj. 1. Causing illusion; deceptive; misleading. 2. Of the nature of an illusion; unreal. Phantasm and illusion spring up quite frequently in fantastical stories and weird tales.…
Tolkien’s Hero Hound Huan
I haven’t been following news of the new Amazon Studios’ Lord of the Rings series very closely, though I have heard that at least the first season (of…
The Fake Split of Scifi and Fantasy
I was all set to fire up this post with a little research on the question of why so many modern readers and writers seem to separate scifi…
The Word-Hoard: Balustrade
Balustrade: n. A railing or wall to prevent people from falling over the edge of stairs, a balcony, etc. If you’re anything like me, you’ve seen plenty of…
The Word-Hoard: Thew
Thew: n. 1. (Usually thews) Muscle or sinew. 2. (Thews) physical strength. “Thew” is one of those lean yet powerful words that fits so well into a…
The Word-Hoard: a series
The eldest one answered him, leader of the troop, unlocked his word-hoard. [source] – Beowulf If the pen be mightier than the sword, then an author’s lexicon…
Azami-san
Originally posted over at pcbushi.com. An Eastern sword and sorcery tale. In an ancient Japan that might have been, the old powers recede. Demon and spirit and god…
Yoroshiku
That’s Japanese for “Hello World!” While I’ll still be writing over at pcbushi.com, the ancestral home of the bushis, this here plot is now the place to find PC…