Martin ran it for the past 18 years – notoriously fumbling her way through 18 years of horrible quotes and disdain that sent theater professionals reeling – devaluing understudies, covering for Scott Rudin, raising ticket prices to levels that are, frankly, unsustainable, and in general, making...
In other parts of Ireland the Leprechaun goes by different names: the Logheryman in Ulster, the Lurikeen in Leinster, the Luaracan and the Cluricaun in Muster. There is a consensus among fairyists that these are all different spellings and forms of the same word. However, this seems ...
Apple Books Barnes & Noble The Bloody Chamber ByAngela Carter Angela Carter helped to inspire many of the most famous names in fantasy today, including Neil Gaiman and J. K. Rowling. Her classic collection of short stories includes gothic and sensual twists on familiar fairy tales like “Beauty...
Yes, I am aware that “Victoria Holt” is one of the many nom de plumes of Eleanor Hibbert and that her most popular books were written under the names Jean Plaidy and Phillippa Carr. I loved all those books as well. [] Yes, all of them. Even the much neglected Anne. Well, okay,...
For Izzy, every day is like the one before… When she first landed her job at TAOAT Publishing (that’s Tale As Old As Time, of course), she was starry-eyed and thrilled to finally be entering the world of books. But a couple of years on, she’s stuck as an editorial assistant,...
The Sea Witch is a villainous short story inspired by The Little Mermaid. Review: Content Warning: Blood and death of a parent. I will not be discussing these topics in my review. Villains come in all shapes and sizes. I enjoyed seeing how the world building unfolded. There was just enou...
She, too, was an authority on Irish folklore, and her many books include Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms , and Superstitions of Ireland (1888) and Ancient Cures, Charms, and Usages of Ireland (1890). Oscar’s very names reflect his Irish roots. Oscar and Fingal were respectively the son ...
Firstly, this paper argues that a self-reflexive and self-productive relationship between subjectivity and desire shapes and disrupts the Gothic, fairy-tale, and feminist discourses of Jane Eyre, resulting in a specular feminine-I that has inspired pluralistic readings of the text. Secondly, an ...
Enter the three Ministers of the state – Peking is a city, but ok whatever – and their names are…wait for it,Ping, Pang, and Pong. They lament their blood thirsty virgin of a princess, because it messes with their groove, and no one wants to mess with a groove if you have one...
ll be on, and subject to last minute tweaking, you should be able to find me talking about Mothers in SFF on Saturday morning, Happily Ever Afters on Sunday afternoon & Regency-inspired SFF on Monday morning. I’ll post more details when they’re finalised, but I AM SO EXCITED FOR ...