Harry Dresden, wizard, is the best person to handle this, but even a wizard needs back-up sometimes. In Grave Peril, the third book of The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher introduces Michael Carpenter, a Knight of the Cross. Michael wields a sword given to him by an angel. He has pledged ...
It’s not just people who have ulterior motives. Drove to Mt. Spokane to pick huckleberries. I slowed down for a deer at the roadside, then watched in the rearview mirror as the car behind me stopped and waited and waited in vain for it to cross. Kudos to me not falling for that ...
#14 (Oct.-Nov. 1955) – Contains “The Sky Cross” by Frank Reid, “Concerning ‘Space, Gravity, and the Flying Saucer’” by Desmond Leslie, “Are There Other Inhabited Planets?” by Justin Case, and “The Green Fireballs of the Southwest” by “Dr. D.” (Leon Davidson). #15 (...
They do several specific things:1) Allow a character to react emotionally to a scene's outcome.2) Allow a character to review facts and work through the logical options of his situation.3) They allow a character to ponder probable outcomes to various choices.4) They allow a character to ...
The book’s characters fart, puke, cross-dress, get drunk, strike each other, flog themselves, and play adult practical jokes. It’s hilarious and juvenile but written for adults. Published in Spain in 1605, the book was so enjoyed that Cervantes wrote a sequel. Both are included in the...
Mangan tells us that Where the Wild Things Are was inspired by Maurice Sendak’s memory of visits by older relatives who “couldn’t speak English and grabbed and twisted your face, and they though this was an affectionate thing to do’. He and his siblings formulated the theory that, as...
re such clear cases of crap we’ve seen again and again. It’s one thing to stand up and say sexual harassment and abuse are bad things. But if you’re talking the talk and then turning around to defend or protect people who cross the line because they’re your friend, or because ...
This commission’s aim was to ‘combat the communist worldview in South Africa‘ and represents another cross over of Church and Afrikaner Nationalism politics in defining the “Rooi Gevaar” (red danger) policy.117 In light of his ‘segregation has fallen on evils days’ statement, Smuts ...
must have been more than a little afraid; after all, this land had been described as being inhabited by giants living in large and heavily fortified cities (Numbers 13:27-33). As they wait to cross the Jordan, God comes to Joshua with reassurance of His presence and of ultimate victory:...
Instead, they provide additional avenues for historical inquiry, prompting scholars to cross-reference accounts and dig deeper into the complexities of Civil War era military politics. Abner Doubleday emerges then not just as a military figure, but as a chronicler of his times, whose pen has ...