Welcome back, friends and strangers alike. It has been a while since I wrote one of these; in fact, the last time I discussed Stephen King in this much detail, I was discussing the vibrant shores of Duma Key. However, I return to this essay series today, on 11/22/2024, to discuss what may be King’s […]
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Essays of a Recent Constant Reader: Duma Key (2008)
“Be prepared to see it all. If you want to create – God help you if you do, God help you if you can – don’t you dare commit the immorality of stopping on the surface. Go deep and take your fair salvage. Do it no matter how much it hurts.” Welcome back, fellow Constant […]
GUEST POST: The Essential Hero’s Toolkit by R.R. Virdi
There are three tools all heroes must possess. Know them by their shape and their names. They are the candle, cloak, and cane.
Magic swords, magical horns, and magic powers. Heroes throughout myth and modern fiction have had no end of magical macguffins to seek or draw upon. But when crafting Tales of Tremaine, I wanted to look back through history, and mythology, to what heroes have often had or needed, but perhaps not always got the spotlight.
So, where did I begin?
Essays of a Recent Constant Reader: It (1986)
Nostalgia, much like the fragility of childhood memories, is a fickle thing . At an older age, we often look back on the days of our youth with mixed feelings. Sometimes we long for the simplicity of childhood, sometimes we cower in fear at the traumas of the past, and sometimes it’s a combination of the two. The act of remembering is a delicate […]
Essays of a Recent Constant Reader: Carrie
Perhaps the most shared sentiment among Stephen King fans that I’ve come across when asking if someone has read this book or that by King is the response, “Oh yeah, I read that when I was like ten years old. Way too young to have read it, but I loved it.” While I can say […]
ESSAY: Welcome to the Fungalverse: Crafting a Strange & Captivating Fictional World
Welcome to The Fungalverse, an essay exploring SFF worldbuilding through the lens of fungi.
This essay is part of the Mushroom Blues virtual book tour.